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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 “diligent” 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
diligent104803(None) 
diligence1344422diligence
diligently1553712diligently
diluent8310262dil_uent
diriment11410742diriment
ailment9314233ail_ment
aliment9316703_aliment
bilgiest11309883bilgiest
client8316343_cli_ent
delight12610673delig_ht
desinent9312963desinent
diciest103316523dici_est
diffident1764233diffident
digest84019623d__igest
dilatant948203dilatant
diligences1444333diligences
diluents946063dil_uents
dingiest102915373dingiest
dissent84018683di_ssent
dissident1147693dissident
distent84120853di_stent
divalent1247783divalent
divergent1447363divergent
dividend14284713dividend
divinest123012173divinest
exigent1539513_exigent
filament13410033filament
fulgent1138903ful_gent
indigent102911613indigent
liniment1049533liniment
litigant946873litigant
militant10411403militant
misagent11410723misagent
negligent1144193negligent
oiliest72817683oili_est
ringent8315153ri_ngent
salient7419763sali_ent
silent64125843sil__ent
vilipend1442523vilipend
wiliest103416593wili_est

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162407.54619369.5
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691407.96822426.1
 
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