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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 “engineer” 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.

43 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
engineer94549(None) 
engineers1044201engineers
engender1046632engender
engine71114862engin_e_
engined9119892engin_ed
engineered1252682engineered
enginery1244562enginery
engines81114462engin_es
reengineer1152602reengineer
aginner844663_aginner
anointer837823anointer
beginner1173953beginner
bioengineer1461293bioengineer
domineer1146273domineer
edgier8469733edgi__er
edginess1036053edginess
eloiner7149183eloin_er
encipher1544133encipher
endanger1045853endanger
engager9278603eng_ager
engenders1145303engenders
engilded1143983engilded
engineering1353163engineering
engineries1145473engineries
engining1039293engining
enginous946493enginous
engirded1143973engirded
engraver1245333engraver
enhancer1346683enhancer
enjoinder1742723enjoinder
enjoiner15225653enjoin_er
enkindler1472553enkindler
enlister847803enlister
enlivener1242653enlivener
enricher1345003enricher
enticer91510423enti_cer
envier939673envi__er
ginger84920033__ginger
ginner73915823__ginner
mutineer1045823mutineer
reengineers1252223reengineers
unkinder1335363unkinder
unwinder1235613unwinder

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162436.61022112.3
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691437.02925422.0
 
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