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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 “degenerating” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
degenerating154566(None) 
regenerating1446331regenerating
decelerating1645592decelerating
degeneration1447282degeneration
degenerations1546352degenerations
degenerative1754962degenerative
generating12310382__generating
deaerating12311563d__eaerating
decerebrating1953203decerebrating
defenestrating19112543defenestrating
degendering1543633degender__ing
degeneracies1653553degeneracies
degenerate1246833degenerat__e
degenerated1445743degenerat_ed
degenerately1752563degenerately
degenerates1346453degenerat_es
deliberating1645123deliberating
delineating1346373deline_ating
denervating1645923d__enervating
desecrating1548093dese_crating
desiderating1544693desiderating
deuterating1347273de_uterating
exenterating2054213_exenterating
exonerating1945553_exonerating
intenerating1346723intenerating
regeneration1348193regeneration
regenerations1447143regenerations
regenerative1655303regenerative
remunerating1545423remunerating
venerating14410053__venerating

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024303.70325661.4
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691304.07643839.8
 
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