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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 “absentees” 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.

39 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
absentees116453(None) 
absentee1067661absentee_
absenters1156171absenters
absences1247672absen_ces
absented1156612absent_ed
absenteeism1561112absenteeism
absenter1086772absent_er
absents93510722absent__s
absinthes1442672absinthes
assenters966992assenters
abductees1442753abductees
abetters1057173ab_etters
abhenries1444503abhenries
absence1137713absen_ce_
absent84016993absent___
absenteeisms1661003absenteeisms
absenting1236993absenting
absently1345813absent_ly
absinthe1342643absinthe_
absinths1342953absint_hs
acceptees15113693acceptees
alienees8118653alien_ees
arrestees946233arrestees
arsenates979373arsenates
arsenides1095613arsenides
arsenites9149163arsenites
assented957513assent_ed
assenter867703assent_er
assentors955653assentors
assents74512223assent__s
asserters956393asserters
attendees1044053attendees
baseness10910943basen_ess
bendees103913863_b_endees
mentees93214503__mentees
misenters1139533misenters
patentees1196543patentees
presentees1247923presentees
settees73513633__settees

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641396.56322648.3
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.01525472.7
 
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