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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 “pretentiousnessa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

22 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
pretentiousness1773271pretentiousness_
contentiousness1763554contentiousness_
portentousness1673534portent_ousness_
sententiousness1573024sententiousness_
licentiousness1654235_licentiousness_
plenteousness1554555p__lenteousness_
precariousness1854415pre_cariousness_
preciousness1648475pr__e_ciousness_
precipitousness2192865precipitousness_
precociousness2054215pre_cociousness_
prestigiousness1872835prestigiousness_
pretensionless1661245pretensio_nless_
pretentious13125595pretentiou____s_
pretentiously1883785pretentiou___sly
preventiveness2294895preventi_veness_
previousness1757055pr__e_viousness_
propitiousness1864645pr_opitiousness_
rebelliousness1662655_rebelliousness_
repetitiousness1773005_repetitiousness_
retentiveness1657165_retenti_veness_
tendentiousness1662485tendentiousness_
tremendousness1772295tremen_dousness_

Search took 4 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 Filter178691435480.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit43548222.70016128.9
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691223.01659247.7
 
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