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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 “pontifex” 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.

41 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
pontifex204325(None) 
pontiff1547902pontif_f
pontiffs1643142pontiffs
pontific1545562pontific
pontine92419052pontine_
antisex1439693_antisex
conifer123212643con_ifer
nonlife1038553nonlife_
pantie84326473panti_e_
panties94230933panti_es
pantile93918483pantile_
pantiled113111593pantiled
pantiles103617153pantiles
poetise9314043poetise_
poetised1138523poetised
poetiser1037313poetiser
poetises10313953poetises
poetize18310773poetize_
poetized2037983poetized
poetizer1936813poetizer
poetizes19310253poetizes
pointier1038303pointi_er
ponied94920703pon_i_ed
ponies84833463pon_i_es
pontes83627853pont__es
pontifices1744183pontifices
pontil8315463ponti__l
pontils9312213ponti_ls
postfix1944683post_fix
postie84123963posti_e_
posties93128813posti_es
pottier93516493potti_er
potties93723543potti_es
poutier93215323pouti_er
poutine93316823poutine_
poutines102415103poutines
punties94520783punti_es
rotifer1036993ro_tifer
spinifex2042053spin_ifex
tontine72316143tontine_
tontines82114733tontines

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162416.64322002.4
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691417.06225303.2
 
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