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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 “enlighten” 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.

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
enlighten134435(None) 
enlightens1443741enlightens
enlightened1652322enlightened
lighten112811522__lighten
unlighted1455782unlighted
alighted1347673_alighted
benighted1644743ben_ighted
blighted1546863_blighted
blighter1466853_blighter
brighten1466243_brighten
delighted1546203delighted
delighter1445583delighter
eighteen1245763e__ighteen
enlightening1751723enlightening
enlisted978193enli_sted
enlistee868323enli_stee
enlister847803enli_ster
enliven1034903enli__ven
flighted1646973_flighted
frighten1566443_frighten
heighten1545703_heighten
infighter1644273infighter
knighted1745123kn_ighted
lighted122913503__lighted
lightens122510003__lightens
lighter113113443__lighter
penlight1446423penlight__
penlights1544203penlight_s
plighted1546463_plighted
plighter1476623_plighter
relighted1436863relighted
retighten1374773retighten
slighted1357393_slighted
slighter1257823_slighter
tighten11288973__tighten
unsighted1455433unsighted
uplighted1653843uplighted

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641377.51619776.6
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.96822426.1
 
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