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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 “penitents” 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.

60 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
penitents114770(None) 
penitent10413501penitent_
pediments1448342pediments
pendents1139412pen_dents
penitence1348092penitence
penitences1447972penitences
penitently1545932penitently
pentenes10315632pen_tenes
renitent8315332renitent_
sentients948462sentients
aperients1178253aperi_ents
contents104018213con_tents
denizens1835573denizen_s
detents83615153de__tents
entente7412953_en_tente
ententes8312773_en_tentes
existents1644983_existents
extents142610173_e_xtents
impenitent1455833impenitent_
intents72115703_in_tents
lenient7313843leni_ent_
lenites7818443lenite__s
liniments1146613liniments
muniments1346143muniments
patents94815203p__atents
patients1088763pati_ents
pectens11189203pe_cten_s
pediment13411393pediment_
pelites93821993pelite__s
penates93321603penate__s
penchants1646203penchants
pendants1139093pen_dants
pendent10314723pen_dent_
penetrants1245273penetrants
penises9318193penise__s
penitential1355523penitential
penlites10312273penlite__s
pennants1037063pen_nants
penpoints1344553penpoints
pensters103012123penste_rs
pentanes10316083pen_tanes
pentene9313793pen_ten_e
percents122713373pe_rcents
perpents122312043pe_rpents
petiteness1248493petiteness
petites93820203petite__s
pinites9319533pinite__s
portents103512823p_ortents
presidents1347023presidents
regiments123910323regiments
reinvents1246123reinvents
remitments1446843remitments
renitence1149053renitence
renitences1248443renitences
renitency1445443renitency
residents1038423residents
sediments1248213sediments
sentient8313633sentient_
sentiments1248273sentiments
tenements1149963tenements

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641608.26617982.2
3Display Results60600.0302000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691608.73220463.9
 
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