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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 “ligamentous” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

25 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
ligamentous145125(None) 
filamentous1651402filamentous
ligaments1246202ligament__s
ligament1149313ligament___
alignments1344634alignment__s
argentous1045604arg__entous
augmentors1352574aug_mentors
bigamous1385504bigam___ous
digamous1296064digam___ous
figments1446944fig_ment__s
filaments1446654filament__s
lamenters1137684l__amenters
laments94314854l__ament__s
laminous1037954l__amin_ous
leguminous1352084legumin_ous
licentious1243844li__centious
lichenous1444314li_chen_ous
ligneous945234lig___neous
lineaments1245504lineament__s
liniments1146614liniment__s
lipomatous1453254lipom_atous
medicamentous206554medicamentous
momentous13285774__momentous
pigments1337344pig_ment__s
pimentos1246234pi__mento_s

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit148819257.79619089.1
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691258.27921583.6
 
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