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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 “providentially” 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.

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
providentially236232(None) 
presidentially2063222presidentially
providential1862972providentia_l_
evidentially1954053__evidentially
providently2053193provident___ly
provincially2253023provi__ncially
prudentially1854153pr__udentially
residentially1773843_residentially
confidentially2372974confidentially
penitentially1854294p_enitentially
pestilentially1982244pestilentially
potentially1656804p_o__tentially
preferentially2262834preferentially
presidential1554574presidentia_l_
proverbially2252124prov__erbially
reverentially1963274_reverentially
accidentally2062735_accident_ally
dorsiventrally2171585dorsiventrally
evidential1455465__evidentia_l_
evidentiary1872215__evidentia_ry
identically1748465____identically
improvidently2461825improvident___ly
incidentally1854125_incident_ally
occidentally2062785_occident_ally
orientally1346215__ori_ent_ally
premillennially2271255premillennially
preventively2354705prev__entively
proleptically2256005pro__leptically
prominently1853375prominent___ly
prophetically2577455pro_phe_tically
prosthetically2454615prosthe_tically
provident1546225provident_____
provincial1754015provi__ncia_l_
provinciality2362345provi__nciality
provincials1852945provi__ncia_ls
provisionally2163165provi_sionally
prudential1375125pr__udentia_l_
referentially1963525_referentially
residential1255285_residentia_l_
torrentially1553755_to_rrentially
triennially1453365tr__i_ennially

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024416.42014801.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691416.79626293.6
 
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