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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 “gently” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

33 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
gently10371091(None) 
gentle74014511gentle
gentry103410441gentry
agentry11165752agentry
auntly95211062auntly
cogently1446322cogently
deftly1336532deftly
entry82414262_entry
featly123711752featly
gangly113911592gangly
gantry103810112gantry
gauntly1135332gauntly
gent56954392gent__
gentes75324162gentes
gentil74115122gentil
gentile83515292gentile
gentled9389092gentled
gentler8378952gentler
gentles83714342gentles
gentoo7311312gentoo
gents65729612gent_s
greatly1137612greatly
meetly1138672meetly
neatly93812482neatly
nettly9459452nettly
pentyl1138812pentyl
pertly115312552pertly
sentry92912052sentry
tenthly1335742tenthly
tenty86121602tent_y
ungently1256952ungently
urgently1245622urgently
wetly114511712we_tly

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit82551332.79629524.7
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.20255806.1
 
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