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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 “secretary” 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.

37 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
secretary144420(None) 
secretory1444601secretory
decretory1544682decretory
secreter1038512secreter_
secretly1345182secret_ly
secretor1045682secretor_
secretors1145842secretors
sectary1238272sec__tary
decenary1446273dec_enary
decretal1146353decreta_l
decretals1245093decretals
excretory2143463excretory
feretory1447513fe_retory
mercenary1643353mercenary
nectary1246223nec__tary
screaky16436223s_cre_aky
secondary1543193secondary
secrecy1444743secre__cy
secret8325063secret___
secretarial1353723secretarial
secretariat1354553secretariat
secretaries1345423secretaries
secrete9311073secret__e
secreted1138633secret_ed
secretes10410473secret_es
secretest1147033secretest
secretin10108343secret_in
secreting1279823secreting
secretins11108463secretins
secretion11118303secretion
secretionary1752433secretionary
secretive1446933secretive
secrets9311773secret__s
sedentary1344463sedentary
segmentary1653403segmentary
septenary1443733septenary
subsecretary1961273subsecretary

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641376.81321817.3
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.24924650.4
 
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