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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 “decanting” 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.

31 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
decanting13251063(None) 
descanting1446921descanting
recanting122414821recanting
canting104725902__canting
deaning94020472de_an_ing
debating123213732deba_ting
decamping1734942decamping
decaying15239452deca_ying
decentring1446752decentring
decocting1538122decocting
defanging1535332defanging
defatting1436102defatting
delating103119602dela_ting
demanding14237922demanding
demasting1338452demasting
dementing13311042dementing
denting94422182de__nting
depainting14156152depainting
departing1349512departing
deranging1238062deranging
derating103222282dera_ting
deratting1139512deratting
desalting1138842desalting
desanding12207652desanding
discanting1449452discanting
incanting1289902incanting
levanting1345522levanting
recaning111416692recan_ing
recasting122414232recasting
scanting113914762_scanting
tenanting1036212tenanting

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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436313.48334865.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.90545759.5
 
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