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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 “penicillins” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

34 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
penicillins155334(None) 
penicillin1453501penicillin_
pencilling1545472pen_cilling
pencillings1652402pen_cillings
penicillia1452832penicilli_a
penicillinase1791202penicillinase
penicillium1762052penicillium
ampicillins1782283ampicillins
methicillins1962123methicillins
penciling1437413pen_ci_ling
pencilings1543153pen_ci_lings
pencillers1443823pen_cillers
penicillamine1971433penicillamine
penicillamines2071283penicillamines
penicillate1563053penicillate
penicillinases188873penicillinases
penicils1247863penici_l__s
amoxicillins2361474amoxicillins
ampicillin1652334ampicillin_
centillions1353974cen_tillions
decillions1345434de__cillions
methicillin1862224methicillin_
oxacillins1952524_oxacillins
painkilling1852304painkilling
pencilers1345644pen_ci_lers
pencilled1445644pen_cill_ed
penciller1344954pen_cill_er
pencils113011774pen_ci_l__s
peneplains14113544pen_eplains
penicil1138834penici_l___
perilling12410004pe__rilling
picolins1239854p__ic_olins
stencilling1443234sten_cilling
vanillins1245554van__illins

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819348.81316886.3
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691349.24919320.0
 
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