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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 “pentameters” 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.

24 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
pentameters154449(None) 
pentameter1445201pentameter_
centimeters1544602centimeters
heptameters1853272heptameters
centimeter1445003centimeter_
decameters15156593de_cameters
dekameters17164863de_kameters
dynameters1643793dyn_ameters
enamelers1144803_en_amelers
hectometers1846063hectometers
heptameter1753583heptameter_
hexameters2244453he_xameters
octameters1444833_octameters
parameters1448123p_arameters
pedometers1547213pe_dometers
penetrometers1752773penetrometers
pentameries1554753pentameries
pentamerous1553033pentamerous
pentamery1644023pentam__ery
perimeters1448603pe_rimeters
photometers1848443photometers
potometers1449063p_otometers
rotameters1245033_rotameters
tetrameters1354623tetrameters

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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633245.84320816.9
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691246.24928595.1
 
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