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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 “octogenarians” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

27 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
octogenarians166201(None) 
octogenarian1562371octogenarian_
centenarians1453744_centenarians
nonagenarians1462184nonagenarians
octonaries1246004octo__nari_es
sexagenarians2162024sexagenarians
alcyonarians1761645alcyo__narians
caesarians1244945_c__aesarians
centenarian1364685_centenarian_
cesarians1146365_c___esarians
cognations1339595_c_og_nations
contrarians1346355_c_ontrarians
culinarians1354795_c_ulinarians
documentarians19162645doc_umentarians
halogenations1772935halogenations
millenarians1453515_millenarians
nonagenarian1362845nonagenarian_
nonvegetarians18151615nonvegetarians
ontogenesis1255425ontogenesi__s
ontogenies1147075ontogen__i_es
outgenerals1251415out_gener_als
oxygenations2352695o_xygenations
proletarians1455595_proletarians
septuagenarians1881105septuagenarians
sexagenarian2072225sexagenarian_
vegetarians1553845__vegetarians
veterinarians1662805veterinarians

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790278.20315212.7
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.62520717.8
 
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