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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 “expellants” 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.

26 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
expellants194286(None) 
expellant1844961expellant_
expellents1943741expellents
appellants1443962appellants
expectants2163582expectants
expellent1845272expellent_
explants1737022exp__lants
repellants1244172repellants
appellant1346353appellant_
excellent1844573excellent_
exfoliants2052003exfoliants
exhalants1963263ex_halants
expectant2045673expectant_
expedients2044143expedients
expellable2143213expellable
expellees18133803expell_ees
expellers18104753expell_ers
expelling1936133expellin_g
explant16310133exp__lant_
exsecants1893403exse_cants
gellants9308283__gellants
impellents1444363impellents
libellants1243593libellants
propellants15153573propellants
repellant1146823repellant_
repellents1245143repellents

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603265.61025062.9
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691266.03029633.7
 
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