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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 “cantilena” 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.

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
cantilena114447(None) 
cantilenas1243861cantilenas
cantina93417252canti__na
antigen8311123_antigen_
antigene9410203_antigene
antigens9310603_antigens
antileak1247173_antileak
antileft1149993_antileft
antisera849183_antisera
cantala94114673cantal__a
canteen9411083cant_een_
canteens1038573cant_eens
canticle1239703canticle__
canticles1339183canticle_s
cantilever1552873cantilever
cantinas102713783canti__nas
canting104725903canti__ng
cantle84522153cant_le__
cantles94721413cant_le_s
catena8312483ca_t__ena
cattleya1342403ca_ttleya
centile94217183centile__
centiles103615813centile_s
continent11415633continent
mantilla1048163mantil_la
pantile93918483pantile__
pantiled113111593pantile_d
pantiles103617153pantile_s
santolina946263santolina

Search took 9 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 Limit148641297.68619339.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.13821957.6
 
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