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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 “informant” 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.

34 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
informant144647(None) 
informants1544631informants
formant123416002__formant
informal1355642informa_l
informing1537022informing
affirmant1753813affirmant
dormant102814373__dormant
formants13269953__formants
format113021353__forma_t
ignorant947153ignor_ant
important1346723important
inebriant1146283inebriant
inerrant8412483in_errant
infant92315133inf___ant
infectant1446833infectant
infestant1247233infestant
infirmary1752353infirmary
infirming1545163infirming
inform11310153inform___
informality1953893informality
informally1844463informally
informed14197673inform_ed
informer13227283inform_er
informers14206133informers
informs1248073inform__s
infract12610003inf_r_act
insurant8411413insur_ant
intermat101114613interma_t
interment11419223interment
intermont11513573intermont
intrant7318753in_tr_ant
invariant1266813invariant
nondormant1355563nondormant
reformat1357653reforma_t

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641346.36023371.2
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.81226231.8
 
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