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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 “engine” 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.

37 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
engine7111486(None) 
engined9119891engined
engines81114461engines
angina7413132angina
anguine839912anguine
benzine1839342benzine
dentine83320242dentine
edging93510712edging
egging93210982egging
enamine91214312enamine
encina8310442encina
ending83220252ending
endite73817592endite
endive103310472endive
engage82812102engage
engild8107612engild
engineer945492engineer
enginery1244562enginery
engird8126972engird
engirt71112612engirt
ensile62616472ensile
entice81316862entice
entire61617702entire
entwine1039142entwine
enwind10298082enwind
eosine64519412eosine
equine151711572equine
ermine8416922ermine
exine125518492e_xine
genuine838372genuine
intine61021982intine
nine45842172_n_ine
online6315842online
pennine93712952pennine
undine7817262undine
venging123710942venging
venine93718432ven_ine

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551372.47033421.5
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691372.81363523.3
 
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