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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 “preadolescent” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
preadolescent186226(None) 
preadolescents1971631preadolescents
preadolescence2192012preadolescence
adolescent1355143___adolescent
pearlescent1553503p_ea_rlescent
postadolescent19111303postadolescent
preadolescences2291843preadolescences
subadolescent1871483subadolescent
adolescents1453304___adolescents
prepubescent20142424pre_pubescent
subadolescents1971144subadolescents
acaulescent1553155_aca_ulescent
adolescence1653855___adolescence
adolescently1862195___adolescently
arborescent1553405ar__borescent
calescent13118225__ca__lescent
coalescent1496655_coa__lescent
incalescent1554155inca__lescent
iridescent1354295ir_id__escent
obsolescent1562785__obsolescent
opalescent1454745_opa__lescent
pearlescence1863195p_ea_rlescence
prepubescents21151705pre_pubescents
radiolucent1463165_r_adiol_ucent
reascent10411985_rea____scent
recrudescent1762375_recrudescent
redescend1395005_re_d__escend
redolence1256765_re_dolence__
redolences1376805_re_dolence_s
redolent9411885_re_dol___ent

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790309.14013653.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691309.54618718.9
 
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