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

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

26 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
anthracenes165378(None) 
anthracene1553321anthracene_
anthraces1448892anthrac__es
anthracites1674952anthracites
anthracite1565343anthracite_
anthracnose1662113anthrac_nose
anthracnoses1762243anthracnoses
antecedes1245064ant__ecedes
antheses11311474anth___eses
anthracitic1854014anthracitic
antiacne1048584ant_iac_ne_
antigenes10411434ant__igenes
antirabies1248414antira_bies
antiracisms1557504antiracisms
antiracists1357704antiracists
arthrodeses1552964arthrodeses
athrocytes1864804a_throcytes
atrazines1846684a_t_razines
benzanthracenes318854benzanthracenes
contravenes1655634cont_ravenes
enthrones12910074enthr__ones
intercedes131610434inter_cedes
intervenes131012654inter_venes
inthrones1299674inthr__ones
unthrones1297384unthr__ones
xanthenes1956354xanth___enes

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819268.58017344.9
3Display Results26260.030866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691269.04619753.6
 
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