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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 “examines” 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.

27 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
examines1712879(None) 
enamines101112131enamines
etamines101611811etamines
examine161510031examine_
examined18135861examined
examinee17156581examinee
examinees18123781examinees
examiner17145461examiner
examiners18124431examiners
hexamines2146201hexamines
amines84727982__amines
diamines11311642diamines
enamine91214312enamine_
ermines9416672e_rmines
etamine91313072etamine_
etamins91511832etamin_s
examens1637192examen_s
examples1944312examples
exines135715802ex__ines
famines123216262_famines
flamines13311642flamines
gamines103618462_gamines
hexamine2046872hexamine_
ketamines15177032ketamines
melamines1339762melamines
oxazines2434072oxazines
reexamines1953872reexamines

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 Filter1786911210590.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit121059276.82617735.0
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.62523434.9
 
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