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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 “ascend” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
ascend942973(None) 
ascends10388201ascends
ascent84519651ascent
scend85516291_scend
abscond1244502abscond
accent105116262accent
aced79540882a_ce_d
acned87520672a_cned
addend9458452addend
amend85717752a_mend
append1138272append
arced88224162arce_d
ascended1246512ascended
ascender1136732ascender
ascents93812552ascents
ashed97829772ashe_d
ashen87818672ashen_
asked106919312aske_d
aspen75216092aspen_
aspens85013352aspens
assent65119952assent
attend7258972attend
augend837632augend
descend11248152descend
nascent9610522nascent
reascend1145702reascend
scena74815782_scena
scends95213002_scends
scene77220572_scene
scent75831622_scent
send55237292_s_end
shend94719972_shend
spend85619332_spend

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551332.59631799.3
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691332.95260532.2
 
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