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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 “lantern” 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.

42 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
lantern731001(None) 
lanterns838301lanterns
astern64815812_astern
banter84825342banter_
banters94623122banters
canteen9411082canteen
canter85230112canter_
canters94827732canters
eastern74412532eastern
intern64016542_intern
lactean956482lactean
lancer84319972lancer_
lancers93616642lancers
lander74028492lander_
landers84026222landers
lanker104123002lanker_
lanner64920602lanner_
lanners73618332lanners
lanthorn1147192lanthorn
laster64830632laster_
lasters75627692lasters
lateen64014862la_teen
laten54328342la_te_n
later54843922la_ter_
latten65018202latte_n
latter65027892latter_
lectern937032lectern
lenten6312882lente_n
linter64625342linter_
linters73822632linters
pastern94415062pastern
pattern93712052pattern
planter94017812planter_
planters102915332planters
ranter63826822ranter_
ranters73323642ranters
saltern74010652saltern
santera7311312santera
santero7311132santero
slattern837092slattern
wanter94423052wanter_
wanters104420092wanters

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit107671423.12634443.7
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691423.54550406.5
 
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