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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 “advent” 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.

32 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
advent10261375(None) 
advect12309121advect
advents11309471advents
advert103215781advert
absent84016992absent
accent105116262accent
addend9458452addend
adept81219642ad_ept
admen84516182admen_
advects13276012advects
adverb12265412adverb
adverts11308512adverts
agent65829642a_gent
ament76036542a_ment
anent54931842a_nent
ardent73022612ardent
argent74023662argent
arpent84822092arpent
ascent84519652ascent
assent65119952assent
attent62818322attent
audient8312302audient
avant86224662a_vant
avens86419332a_vens
avert86029492a_vert
cadent94120362cad_ent
daven94916472daven_
davens104612912davens
dent57158412_d_ent
event85924442_event
invent93316362invent
vent76049052__vent

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551322.54632423.8
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691322.91961216.5
 
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