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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 “valentines” 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.

27 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
valentines134495(None) 
valentine1245891valentine_
galantines1145742galantines
valencies1446412valenci_es
adenines9310193_aden_ines
agentings1134443_agentings
agentives1346443_agentives
alanines8314803_alan_ines
alexines15258503_ale_xines
argentines1146953argentines
barkentines17112983barkentines
calentures1244613calentures
celestines12136893celestines
dentines93418403__dentines
eglantines1143673eglantines
galantine1047333galantine_
galenites10129193galen_ites
palatines11313053pal_atines
parentings1355633parentings
plenties10314693_plenti_es
saltines82917793sal__tines
valences1388513valen__ces
valencias1443633valenci_as
valeting1238853vale_tin_g
valines104520213val___ines
vaselines1246713vase_lines
venines103516613v__en_ines

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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603276.34622156.2
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.76226425.8
 
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