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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 “mendicants” 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.

26 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
mendicants155394(None) 
medicants1466781me_dicants
mendicant1466541mendicant_
indicants1247202_indicants
mediants11299492me_di_ants
medicant13910832me_dicant_
mendicancy2052172mendicancy
endocasts1244763_endocasts
eradicants1354243eradicants
indicans1147663_indican_s
indicant11410343_indicant_
medians103214213me_di_an_s
mediant103516703me_di_ant_
medicaids1544003me_dicaids
medicals1349363me_dica_ls
medicaments1853713me_dicaments
medicares1446873me_dicares
medicate13513243me_dica_te
medicates14312113me_dicates
medicines1447903me_dicines
mendicancies1952223mendicancies
mendicity1745073mendic_ity
mendings12338303mendi__ngs
pendants1139093pend__ants
predicants1546063predicants
vesicants1444753ve_sicants

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603266.43621846.3
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691266.85926052.0
 
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