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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 “semidocumentarya” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

21 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
semidocumentary258791semidocumentary_
documentary1953065____documentary_
nondocumentary2271615_nondocumentary_
documentarian18143036____documentarian
sedimentary1753686se__d__imentary_
semisedentary19101206semi__sedentary_
documentable1982517____documentable
documental1554517____documenta__l
documentarians19162647____documentarians
documentaries1863267____documentaries
documentarily2162647____documentarily
documentarist18163977____documentarist
documenter1553287____documenter__
documenters1652817____documenter_s
momentary1645237__m__o__mentary_
sedentary1344467se__d____entary_
segmentary1653407se_____gmentary_
semidiameter1761437semid_iame_ter__
semidiameters1861147semid_iame_ter_s
semidominant1761777semido__min_a_nt
semilegendary207817semi__legendary_

Search took 9 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024218.50011179.3
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691218.87620131.9
 
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