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

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

27 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
principality216266(None) 
principally2053252principal_ly
municipality2182113municipality
principal1574453principal___
principalities2083203principalities
principals1663133principal__s
provinciality2362343provinci_ality
criminality1855224cri_minality
criticality1854214cri_ticality
incapacity1952644__incapacity
incivility1855184__incivility
originality1554354ori_ginality
practicality2153594practicality
primality1687334pr___imality
principalship21251434principalship
principalships22141444principalships
principi1443934princip__i__
principia1553334princip__i_a
principium1852384princip__ium
principle1543754princip_l__e
principled1742594princip_l_ed
principles1643844princip_l_es
printability1946864printability
prodigality18113664pr_odigality
punctuality1852964p_unctuality
triaxiality2162624triaxi_ality
triviality1644444tri_vi_ality

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790276.71618581.0
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.13825033.8
 
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