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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 “pedants” 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
pedants1031011(None) 
pedant9319491pedant_
pendants1139091pendants
bezants1877342bezants
decants103514442decants
dedans85915072dedan_s
gelants82611442gelants
levants1037722levants
mediants11299492mediants
operants1039482operants
pants76536922p__ants
peans75437642pe_an_s
peanuts936992pe_anuts
peasants1038262peasants
peats76140192pe_a_ts
pecans101515832pecan_s
pedalos10329702pedalos
pedals94316032peda_ls
pedantic1346582pedantic
pedantry1444052pedantry
pedate93117762peda_te
pekans121710552pekan_s
penangs10268372penangs
pendant10314852pendant_
pendents1139412pendents
pennants1037062pennants
plants84921802p_lants
recants93217092recants
redacts10510942redacts
redans75421022redan_s
secants93413892secants
sedans74816092sedan_s
tenants7311012tenants

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671333.34632179.0
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.73647829.5
 
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