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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 “catena” 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.

34 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
catena831248(None) 
catenae9311371catenae
catenas9313111catenas
arena55323812_arena
cabana103913562cabana
cadent94120362cadent
cadenza1943772cadenza
caeca93915132ca_eca
calesa8412472calesa
camera10313692camera
canna75919332ca_nna
cantina93417252cantina
carina84325332carina
cassena9287842cassena
cate66254602cate__
catenary1346582catenary
catenate10312832catenate
cater74840722cate_r
cateran9313772cateran
caters85336502caters
cates75951892cate_s
catnap1098382cat_nap
eaten55323052eaten_
faena85014202fa_ena
galena74911092galena
laten54328342laten_
latens64620212latens
latent64124302latent
latina65621142latina
oaten55222402oaten_
paten74827342paten_
patens84820862patens
patent84524922patent
patina86022192patina

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551342.75030018.5
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.10957475.4
 
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