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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 “acanthae” 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.

25 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
acanthae134336(None) 
acantha1254651acantha_
acanthi1244662acanth_i
acanthine1474832acanthine
acanthus1343352acanthus
canthal12410052_canthal
acalephae1652523acalephae
acanthoid1553933acanthoid
acanthous1444423acanthous
acanthuses1552643acanthuses
antae56828293__ant_ae
aphthae1544703a_phthae
cancha134411613_cancha_
canchas143212403_canchas
cantal84122033_cant_al
canthi11310973_canth_i
canthus1248713_canthus
cantle84522153_cant_le
cantrap113310283_cantrap
canulae9311183_canulae
conchae143911643_conchae
jacinthe2052503jacinth_e
scathe114414993sca_th_e
xanthan1736013_xanthan
xanthate1845713_xanthate

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162256.83021400.0
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.26624592.8
 
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