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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpenknife” 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.

25 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
penknife175254(None) 
penknives1842392penknives
pennine93712952pen_nine
knife1210010133___knife
peaklike13115373peaklike
penalise101013763penalise
penalize19912753penalize
penance11313443penan_ce
penile82219603pe__nile
penlite9313243pen_lite
pennae84314033pen_n_ae
penname11328553pen_name
pennate93314033pen_nate
penne75423853pen_n__e
penni74617903pen_ni__
pennia84412973pen_ni_a
pennies94218813pen_nies
pennines103112033pen_nines
penning103616493pen_ning
pennis84315743pen_ni_s
pensile92713543pen_sile
pensive122610393pen_sive
pfennige1461823pfen_nige
pinkie124414273pink_i_e
punkie123513613punk_i_e

Search took 8 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 Limit146162257.78318779.6
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691257.93922508.0