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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 “desertify” 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.

27 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
desertify164364(None) 
decertify1843461decertify
desertic1147742deserti_c
deserting11713142deserting
desertion10410202desertion
recertify1743642recertify
certify1546243__certify
demystify2151403demystify
denitrify1643073denitrify
desert72725493desert___
deserted101012203desert_ed
deserter91211603desert_er
deserters10129983deserters
desertified1654103desertified
desertifies1544703desertifies
desertifying2092873desertifying
desertions1139883desertions
deserts82513053desert__s
deserving1497903deserving
destiny113111463des__tiny
devitrify1941963devitrify
diversify1943463diversify
esterify1445623_ester_ify
refortify1842833refortify
retestify1543753retestify
reverify1744813rever_ify
testify13246943tes__tify

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641277.48319863.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.93922508.0
 
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