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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 “expendable” 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.

32 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
expendable224387(None) 
expandable2243121expandable
expendables2352151expendables
extendable2043831extendable
dependable1645792dependable
emendable1446232e_mendable
expectable2345062expectable
expellable2143212expellable
extendible2052952extendible
spendable1446462_spendable
amendable1446053_amendable
ascendable1543983ascendable
bendable131510853__bendable
defendable1754983defendable
dependably1954543dependably
excludable2252543excludable
execrable2046233ex_ecrable
expansible2153553expansible
expectably2654223expectably
expiable1946113exp__iable
explicable2344343explicable
exportable2144603exportable
exposable2044793exp_osable
extensible1954013extensible
extrudable2073083extrudable
lendable11169463__lendable
mendable131510583__mendable
nonexpendable2561783nonexpendable
openable1247013_open_able
sendable111612043__sendable
unbendable1545813unbendable
vendable14159693__vendable

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603326.28322378.3
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691326.73226543.5
 
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