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

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
penetrant114846(None) 
penetrants1245271penetrants
entrant7318872_en_trant
penetrance1444902penetrance
penetrate1149232penetrate
reentrant947832reentrant
celebrant1347013celebrant
denaturant1154503denaturant
entrants8311753_en_trants
inerrant8412483_inerrant
intrant7318753_in_trant
pederast1158593pede_rast
penchant1549573pen_chant
pendant10314853pen__dant
peneplane1344663peneplane
penetrable1446043penetrable
penetralia1254123penetralia
penetrances1544803penetrances
penetrated1347303penetrated
penetrates1248723penetrates
penetrating1447663penetrating
penitent10413503penit_ent
pennant9312493pen__nant
pentane9415743pen_t_ane
reentrants1044663reentrants
revertant12128003revertant
vegetant1246963veget_ant
venetian1146073venetian_
venetians1244673venetians

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641296.53022762.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.70226662.3
 
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