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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 “denture” 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.

36 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
denture831189(None) 
denature938071denature
dentures9312451dentures
venture10311171venture
adventure1344392adventure
ceinture1036312ceinture
censure92310602censure
centare93113702centare
centre84316642cent_re
century1237192century
debenture1243472debenture
demure9311532de_mure
denatured1146032denatured
denatures1038132denatures
dengue838252dengu_e
dentate8315152dentate
dentine83320242dentine
dentural948082dentural
denude8169352den_ude
endure74014142_endure
ensure63416002_ensure
entire61617702_entire
enure53520222_en_ure
feature1039852feature
geniture946452geniture
gesture839242gesture
indenture1045062indenture
lecture9149522lecture
renature839332renature
tenure6311612ten_ure
texture1497082texture
ventured1238272ventured
venturer1137242venturer
ventures11311492ventures
venturi1037202venturi
vesture10310372vesture

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671362.96636301.8
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.37252992.6
 
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