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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “penetrants” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
penetrants124527(None) 
penetrant1148461penetrant_
entrants8311752_en_trants
penetrance1444902penetrance
penetrances1544802penetrances
penetrate1149232penetra_te
penetrates1248722penetrates
reentrants1044662reentrants
celebrants1444163celebrants
denaturants1252413denaturants
entrant7318873_en_trant_
intrants8312863_in_trants
pederasts1255203pede_rasts
penchants1646203pen_chants
pendants1139093pen__dants
peneplanes1444323peneplanes
penetrable1446043penetrable
penetralia1254123penetralia
penetrated1347303penetrated
penitents1147703penit_ents
pennants1037063pen__nants
pentanes10316083pen_t_anes
reentrant947843reentrant_
revertants13124953revertants
venetians1244673venetian_s

Search took 7 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603255.90623806.8
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691256.37528030.0
 
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