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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 “dormancy” 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.

38 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
dormancy164442(None) 
dormant102814372dorman_t
mordancy1644192mordancy
normalcy1543382normalcy
adamancy1643713adamancy
deviancy1754183deviancy
dolman95312403dolman__
dolmans10479683dolman_s
dominancy1744153dominancy
doorman1037063doorman__
dormancies1565413dormancies
dormice1237133dorm_ice
dormin9312313dormin__
dormins10311273dormin_s
dormy115817473dorm___y
dorsally1246833dorsally
durance1059113dur_ance
errancy1256363_errancy
formably1846663formably
formally1638243formally
formant123416003forman_t
formants13269953formants
geomancy1644153geomancy
gormand1157453gorman_d
gormands1266563gormands
hogmanay1762843hogmanay
hydromancy2483443hydromancy
normally1347883normally
normande1145933normande
orangy105111233_or_angy
organdy1254573_organdy
portance12310113portance
pyromancy2143593pyromancy
romance11311083ro_mance
truancy1244993_truancy
verdancy1744723verdancy
womanly1535853wo_manly
workmanly2151993workmanly

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162386.64022012.3
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691386.81226231.8
 
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