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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 “likened” 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.

29 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
likened1226735(None) 
livened11238931livened
aliened81011742ali_ened
dizened18267332dizened
ladened979052ladened
lakebed1434782lakebed
latened8711922latened
libeled10249412libeled
licenced13145772licenced
licensed11145722licensed
lichened1435752lichened
liked104523812lik__ed
liken911818842liken__
likeness12229862likeness
likens105613702liken_s
limned94811472li_mned
lined64934642li__ned
lippened13255222lippened
listened9168812listened
livener10278942livener
livered113111632livered
pinkened1535752pinkened
ripened1038202ripened
sickened1546782sickened
slickened1644292slickened
tokened1236392tokened
wakened1546872wakened
widened12328052widened
wizened20275422wizened

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671292.84037912.3
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.21655563.1
 
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