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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 “adherent” 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.

43 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
adherent124778(None) 
adherend1343861adherend
adherents1345551adherents
adhere10310332adhere__
adhered1239232adhere_d
adherence1564892adherence
adherends1443262adherends
adherently17103602adherently
adherer1137572adhere_r
adherers1296922adherers
adheres11310162adhere_s
adhering1338882adhering
advertent1356592advertent
afferent1447982afferent
coherent13412472coherent
inherent11412792inherent
abhorrent1444053abhorrent
addrest958633ad_drest
adducent1284713adducent
adherences1664883adherences
adjacent18134313adjacent
adsorbent1243883adsorbent
advent102613753ad__vent
advert103215783adver__t
afferents1546013afferents
alterant8614963alterant
aperient10715153a_perient
apparent1248263apparent
appetent1248083appetent
averment13311603a_verment
decent94023703_d_ecent
deferent122712873deferent
dement93825153_d_ement
detent73624483_d_etent
efferent1447203efferent
gerent73223103__gerent
hereat93527413__hereat
referent112813423referent
rerent63832453__rerent
reverent112615093reverent
thereat104315243_thereat
vehement1647763vehement
whereat134311923_whereat

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162437.32619951.1
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691437.77822973.9
 
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