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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 “ensure” 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.

48 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
ensure6341600(None) 
censure92310601censure
endure74014141endure
ensue54013831ensu_e
ensured83512941ensured
ensurer73011901ensurer
ensures73315901ensures
enure53520221en_ure
insure63416601insure
unsure62815411unsure
assure6610772assure
censured11248912censured
censurer10228132censurer
censures102211622censures
denture8311892denture
encore8314772encore
endue64215352endu_e
endured93611212endured
endurer83210362endurer
endures83314602endures
enduro7338622enduro
ennuye973752ennuye
enquire16287212enquire
enserf9310762enserf
ensile62616472ensile
ensnare767122ensnare
ensued73610482ensued
ensues63313812ensues
ensurers8279372ensurers
entire61617702entire
enured73315332en_ured
enures63919712en_ures
erasure736942erasure
injure133410862injure
insured83714252insured
insurer73312802insurer
insures73117262insures
inure54119052in_ure
leisure736692leisure
measure939032measure
rasure6311422rasure
reinsure837912reinsure
seisure738192seisure
sure45447412__sure
tenure6311612ten_ure
tonsure758782tonsure
unpure82911532unpure
venture10311172venture

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551482.34335233.0
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691482.71665792.0
 
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