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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 “patents” 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.

44 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
patents9481520(None) 
latents75214311latents
parents93418121parents
patens84820861paten_s
patent84524921patent_
patients1088761patients
agents74816292_agents
aments85219802_aments
catenas9313112catenas
detents83615152detents
extents142610172extents
intents72115702intents
laments94314852laments
latens64620212laten_s
latent64124302latent_
latests73910312latests
pageants1136692pageants
paints85921832pa_ints
palets85122312pale_ts
pants76536922pa__nts
parent83230422parent_
paten74827342paten__
patency1466312patency
patented1188892patented
patentee1099942patentee
patentees1196542patentees
patently1347112patently
patentor1046372patentor
patentors1146742patentors
paters84935832pate_rs
pates76047892pate__s
patient9617072patient_
patinas96318522patinas
patines95225762patines
patins87528782patin_s
patness92912282patness
pattens95414922patten_s
payments1536942payments
platens94213982platen_s
portents103512822portents
potent84223352potent_
stents65019452_stents
talents7312012talents
tents56434212__tents

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671443.34332207.9
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.73547842.3
 
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