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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 “devonian” 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.

40 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
devonian124481(None) 
demonian1147711demonian
aeonian738352ae_onian
demoniac1346872demoniac
devotion1256762devotion
eonian6311832_e_onian
favonian1442972favonian
aeolian738623ae_olian
begonia1047213begonia_
begonias1146263begonias
chelonian1454843chelonian
daltonian1043913daltonian
debonair1142883debonair
deboning12109153deboning
defoliant1345203defoliant
deionize1858683deionize
demoniacs1445183demoniacs
demonic12311223demoni_c
demonical1446993demonical
demonise11411933demonise
demonism1359453demonism
demonist11413473demonist
demonize20311533demonize
demotion1169073demotion
denial74720513de__nial
deponing121211213deponing
devein1039143dev_ei_n
deviant11311313dev__iant
devoice13347343devo_ice
devoid1189363devo_i_d
devoir1076033devo_i_r
devoirs1175783devo_irs
devon95113683devo___n
devons104512253devon__s
devoting1338823devoting
devotions1356593devotions
draconian1243683draconian
eolian6312593_e_olian
melanian1048483melanian
pelorian1048883pelorian

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162406.50022486.5
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691406.95625688.8
 
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