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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 “expellant” 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
expellant184496(None) 
expellants1942861expellants
expellent1845271expellent
appellant1346352appellant
excellent1844572excellent
expectant2045672expectant
expellents1943742expellents
expelling1936132expelling
explant16310132exp__lant
repellant1146822repellant
appellants1443963appellants
excelling1935643excelling
exfoliant1953103exfoliant
exhalant1895353ex_halant
expectants2163583expectants
expedient1945783expedient
expellable2143213expellable
expelled1895883expell_ed
expellee17116093expell_ee
expellees18133803expellees
expeller17105793expell_er
expellers18104753expellers
explants1737023exp__lants
exsecant1794753exse_cant
exultant1545483ex_ultant
gellant83214053__gellant
impellent1346443impellent
libellant1145693libellant
propellant14125853propellant
repellants1244173repellants
repellent1148383repellent

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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641316.58022589.8
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.06325299.6
 
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