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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 “censor” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
censor8401128(None) 
censer84516581censer
censors93611831censors
sensor63813831sensor
tensor63812671tensor
candor94516422candor
canso75019402canso_
cansos84915382cansos
cantor85621522cantor
cense75121402cens_e
censed94016322censed
censers94313902censers
censes83721802censes
censored11197952censored
censure92310602censure
census84310302census
center84421412center
cento76625172cento_
centos85920462centos
condor94616972condor
consol82614112consol
consort91319902consort
cursor84110292cursor
denser74115192denser
lessor64010602lessor
licensor10113722licensor
mentor8414362mentor
recensor1045542recensor
seisor63712332seisor
senhor93010802senhor
senior63214042senior
senor53822792sen_or
sensors73514632sensors
sensory10329082sensory
tenor53620252ten_or
tenser64919432tenser
tensors72712372tensors
vendor10359802vendor

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit82551382.65631080.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.79563932.4
 
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