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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 “elenchic” 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.

30 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
elenchic154423(None) 
elenchi1244721elenchi_
elenchtic1642811elenchtic
elenctic1245881elenctic
elenchus1343642elenchus
benthic1437473_benthic
blench133710453blench__
blenched16358053blenched
blencher15308393blencher
blenches153310763blenches
blenching17276503blenching
clench133910053clench__
clenched16257763clenched
clencher15277973clencher
clenches152910953clenches
clenching17266303clenching
eclectic1156073ecle_ctic
edenic9310223eden__ic
electric1249183electric
erethic1257723ere_thic
flench144010813flench__
flenched17267963flenched
flenches163410533flenches
flenching18296703flenching
lentic83515743_len_tic
plench134010813plench__
plenches153110623plenches
selenic9410663selen__ic
selenitic1156913selenitic
unchic1338643__unchic

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162309.18615911.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691309.64218532.6
 
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