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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 “diplomats” 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.

29 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
diplomats148537(None) 
diplomas1385991diploma_s
diplomat1387431diplomat_
diplomata1484751diplomata
diplomate1476341diplomate
diplomates1576071diplomates
diploma1295932diploma__
diplomacy1952662diplomacy
diplomaed1573712diplomaed
diplomatic1755282diplomatic
diplomatist1654112diplomatist
diplonts1146472diplo_nts
dichromats1855073dichromats
diglots9299503diglo__ts
diploes101111493diplo__es
diploids1247843diplo_ids
diplomacies1853143diplomacies
diplomaing1643573diplomaing
diplomatists1752033diplomatists
diplont10311693diplo_nt_
diplopias1444773diplopias
diplopods1543413diplopods
diploses111110323diplo_ses
diplosis11128413diplo_sis
dipnoans1144103dipno_ans
dislocate1289133dislocate
dislocates13108323dislocates
lipomas1156443lip_oma_s
lipomata1244563lip_omata

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641296.14024208.6
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691296.29628381.7
 
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