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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 “certain” 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.

29 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
certain9261221(None) 
ceratin93020161ceratin
curtain9319791curtain
pertain92714961pertain
ascertain1144232ascertain
captain112111062captain
centai84814782centai_
ceratins102818732ceratins
certainer1146192certainer
certainly1443152certainly
certainty1443192certainty
contain9315832contain
cortin82423152cort_in
creatin93618132creatin
cretin82917912cret_in
curtail9299662curtail
curtains10259702curtains
destain8412082destain
detain74617382de_tain
detrain8412252detrain
keratin113314152keratin
pertains102113422pertains
retain64523282re_tain
retrain7615422retrain
sextain14257102sextain
terrain7410852terrain
tertian7511192tertian
uncertain1146202uncertain
vervain1335562vervain

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671293.29632667.2
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691293.66948702.9
 
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