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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 “biennials” 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.

26 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
biennials118363(None) 
biennial1065091biennial_
biennale1044092bienn_ale
biennales1143802bienn_ales
biennia994932biennia__
biennially1553522biennially
bienniums1352722bienniums
triennials1043622triennials
bennies93917313b_enni_es
bennis84314803b_enni__s
biannual1043323biannual_
biennium1263433bienni_um
bignonias1243783bignonia_s
bilabials1393653bilabials
binomials1343903binomials
blennies1056933blenni_es
decennials1353343decennials
denials84114133_de_nials
finials103210153fi__nials
menials94015683_me_nials
perennials1244893perennials
sexennials1752623sexennials
siennas736123sienn_a_s
triennial945063triennial_
vicennial1443463vicennial_
zinnias1635863zi_nnia_s

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641266.59322545.3
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691267.03325407.5
 
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