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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 “provincials” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
provincials185294(None) 
provincial1754011provincial_
provincialism22102432provincialism
provincialist20102812provincialist
provincially2253022provincially
principals1663143pr__incipals
provinces1646853provinc__es
provincialisms23102223provincialisms
provincialists21122313provincialists
provinciality2362343provinciality
provincialize2962073provincialize
provincializes3062033provincializes
poinciana1342494p_o_inciana
poincianas1462264p_o_incianas
potentials1245544p_otentials
principal1574464pr__incipal_
principle1543764pr__inciple
principles1643844pr__inciples
prodigals1344234prodi__gals
prosimians1465114prosi_mians
proverbial1753214proverbial_
providential1862974providential_
province1546924provinc___e
provincialities2262254provincialities
provincialized3161834provincialized
proviral1346494provi__ral_
provisionals1753764provisionals
provisions1547214provi_sions
tropicals1345614tropi_c_als

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 Filter1786911488190.456391866.2
2DLD Change Limit148819298.71617074.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691299.18819448.3
 
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