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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 “decline” 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
decline10371661(None) 
declined123910881declined
decliner113710841decliner
declines113315801declines
recline94020491recline
beeline93314722beeline
berline93716862berline
cline76428532__cline
deadline10139052deadline
dealing94323232dealing
decane93818872dec_ane
deceive1337812deceive
decide104116872dec_ide
decile94619212dec_ile
decking153915592decking
declare10411232declare
decliners12358612decliners
define104718142de_fine
delaine8314792delaine
delime9314042de_lime
dentine83320242dentine
deplane10311412deplane
destine83719952destine
dicliny1337672dicliny
feline94820142fe_line
hemline12311072hemline
incline9314642incline
neckline1496362neckline
reclined113613602reclined
recliner103211912recliner
reclines103718542reclines
redline84218832redline
reline65434352re_line
setline7313922setline

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671343.42031482.7
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691343.81246875.9
 
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