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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 “pentyl” 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.

31 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
pentyl113881(None) 
pentyls1236521pentyls
benzyl2034162benzyl
cental84420962cental
dental74319172dental
dentil74017882dentil
gentil74115122gentil
gently103710912gently
lentil64315392lentil
mental84521602mental
panty105929302panty_
peaty105725692peaty_
penal75228372pen_al
pencel103812912pencel
pencil103712972pencil
penial84120892penial
penny105119452penny_
pensil83013332pensil
pent66559072pent__
pentad9313762pentad
pertly115312552pertly
pesty106421712pesty_
petal76526892pe_tal
petty105320292petty_
phenyl1435322phen_yl
plenty11311412plenty_
pontil8315462pontil
protyl11308212protyl
punty106021612punty_
rental63922022rental
tenty86121602tenty_

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.686260482.5
2DLD Change Limit82551314.97016609.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691315.67231504.1
 
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