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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 “delegacy” 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
delegacy154353(None) 
delegate10410462delegate
delicacy1644252delicacy
elegancy1444382_elegancy
legacy1256652__legacy
celibacy1742643celibacy
decenary1446273decenary
decency1537453dece_ncy
deejay1734523de_eja_y
delay94820633del__a_y
delead84112343dele_a_d
deleads9379703dele_ads
deleave1147723dele_ave
delegable13136643delegable
delegacies1444033delegacies
delegated1238373delegated
delegatee1148803delegatee
delegates1139843delegates
delegator1146243delegator
elegance1146373_elegance
elegant8311503_elegant
elegiac1045453_elegiac_
elegiacs1144053_elegiacs
elegy939303_eleg__y
federacy1744243federacy
relegate9311243relegate
relevancy17134043relevancy
telega736773telega__
telegas837443telega_s
telegony1244223telegony

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162307.51619446.8
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691307.93922508.0
 
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