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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 “examine” 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.

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
examine16151003(None) 
enamine91214311enamine
etamine91313071etamine
examined18135861examined
examinee17156581examinee
examiner17145461examiner
examines17128791examines
hexamine2046871hexamine
amine75835382__amine
diamine10311982diamine
elapine9310672elapine
enamines101112132enamines
ermine8416922e_rmine
etamin81311852etamin_
etamines101611812etamines
etamins91511832etamins
examen1538282examen_
examens1637192examens
examinees18123782examinees
examiners18124432examiners
example1844282example
exine125518492ex__ine
famine114318192_famine
gamine94620152_gamine
hexamines2146202hexamines
ketamine14157052ketamine
melamine12310302melamine
oxazine2354772oxazine
reexamine1844492reexamine

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671293.23333303.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.62549294.1
 
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