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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 “departments” 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.

31 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
departments164579(None) 
department1546811department_
deportments1655751deportments
apartments1445702_apartments
debarments1545852debar_ments
departmental1762762departmental
deportment1546772deportment_
impartments1745352impartments
apartment1347033_apartment_
compartments2094333compartments
debarment1447793debar_ment_
debasements1666173debasements
debatements1656043debatements
decampments2073523decampments
decrements1549383de_crements
defacements1946073defacements
deferments16128583defer_ments
departees1265723depart_e_es
deployments1954243deployments
depravements2054453depravements
derailments1446103derailments
detachments1954593detachments
detainments1485893detainments
determents131010313deter_ments
detriments1347363de_triments
disportments1755353disportments
enactments1446523_enactments
impartment1646493impartment_
paraments13511553__paraments
repayments1744903repa_yments
subdepartments2181163subdepartments

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 Filter1786911216330.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit121633317.61015983.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.78222962.1
 
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