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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 “appropriateness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

19 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
appropriateness189158(None) 
appropriates1564063appropriat__e_s
appositeness1653274app_o_si_teness
appropriate1464284appropriat__e__
appropriated1663494appropriat__e_d
appropriately1962654appropriat__ely
appropriating1783494appropriatin__g
appropriations1763174appropriat_ions
appropriative1963024appropriative__
appropriators1663374appropriat__ors
appropriable1762715appropria_ble__
appropriation1653825appropriat__ion
appropriator1563595appropriat___or
expropriates23103405expropriat__e_s
oppositeness1653435opp_o_si_teness
opprobriousness2161545opprobriousness
proprietress1651815__propriet_ress
proximateness2462455__proximateness
reappropriates17102255reappropriat__e_s

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874194.12615965.6
3Display Results19190.0161187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691194.46839993.5
 
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