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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 “development” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

46 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
development195421(None) 
developments2053341developments
developmental2171902developmental
envelopment1853942envelopment
redevelopment21203272redevelopment
deployment1855523de_ployment
develope14135723develop_e__
developed16124313develop_e_d
developer15134243develop_e_r
developers16123743develop_ers
developes15155283develop_e_s
developing1743673develop_ing
developpe17143003developpe__
developpes18142963developpe_s
devilment1547713devil__ment
envelopments1953433envelopments
nondevelopment2272433nondevelopment
predevelopment24202373predevelopment
redevelopments22172733redevelopments
revelment1448773revel__ment
subdevelopment2471863subdevelopment
antidevelopment23101374antidevelopment
decampment1954184de_campment
deferment151210304defe__rment
defilement1648074defil_ement
deployments1954244de_ployments
determent121312904dete__rment
develop13145034develop____
developable1951944developable
developmentally2681254developmentally
develops14145324develop___s
devilments1646384devil__ments
devotement1646284dev_otement
divestment16146324dive_stment
elopement13118224___elopement
employment1955244_employment
evolvement1853914_evolvement
nondevelopments2372284nondevelopments
overdevelopment2681894overdevelopment
ravelment1447204ravel__ment
redeployment2062674redeployment
revealment1545544reve_alment
revelments1546864revel__ments
revetment1448324reve__tment
revilement1548484revil_ement
subdevelopments2571694subdevelopments

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819468.87616766.4
3Display Results46460.0301533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691469.32619160.5
 
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