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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 “ceremony” 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.

32 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
ceremony154431(None) 
cerement12315132cerement
hegemony1743102hegemony
acrimony1543563acrimony
agrimony1442343agrimony
cartoony13377403cartoony
cerements13411453cerements
ceremonial1464383ceremonial
ceremonies1445783ceremonies
cerumen1147763cerumen_
cerumens1235763cerumens
cremini11229063c_remini
crepon1039943c_repon_
crepons1139323c_repons
criminy14268453c_riminy
crony105918673c_r__ony
erelong835593_erelong
feretory1447513feretory
harmony1538173har_mony
hegemon1345173hegemon_
hegemons1444893hegemons
hereon93914363here_on_
lemony11419553__lemony
pereion9312053pereion_
pereions10310853pereions
pereon83517453pere_on_
pereons92815003pere_ons
reremind1147513reremind
sermon8413553ser_mon_
sermons9311783ser_mons
stramony1344933stramony
telegony1244223telegony

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162327.09320606.5
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.53223724.2
 
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