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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 “alimental” 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.

33 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
alimental115586(None) 
aliment9316702aliment__
alimentary1553982alimentary
alimented1245312alimented
aliments10311092aliment_s
cliental1045352cli_ental
elemental1145882elemental
accidental1553813accidental
ailment9314233ailment__
ailments1039433ailment_s
alienate8311553ali_enate
alimenting1344503alimenting
argental947933a_rgental
bidental1146583_bidental
bimensal1244103_bimensal
bimetal1138433_bime_tal
climatal1244403clim_atal
elementals1254793elementals
lienal63912783_li_en_al
liminal93810673_limin_al
lomenta92710133_lomenta_
lumenal9307273_lumen_al
mental84521603___mental
nonmental11410853nonmental
omental93210423__omental
oriental848483ori_ental
pedimental1556433pedimental
placental1364693placental
regimental13115763regimental
rudimental1353823rudimental
segmental1265993segmental
tegmental1275393tegmental
tridental1046623tridental

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641336.94021418.0
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.40624127.9
 
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