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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 “pensils” 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.

30 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
pensils9281159(None) 
pencils113011771pencils
pensil83013331pensil_
pensile92713541pensile
dentils84115582dentils
ensile62616472_ensile
ensiles72714832_ensiles
lentils73912972lentils
pansies94521982pansies
pencels113610052pencels
pencil103712972pencil_
penicils1247862penicils
penile82219602pen_ile
penis75129322pen_i_s
penises9318192penises
pennies94218812pennies
pennis84315742penni_s
pensees9311202pensees
pension9412202pension
pensions10311692pensions
pensive122610392pensive
pentyls1236522pentyls
pepsins11310432pepsins
perils84121852pe_rils
pontils9312212pontils
renails74917262renails
tenails73713922tenails
tensile72612732tensile
tonsils7310182tonsils
utensils8124962utensils

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671307.14315073.6
3Display Results30300.0301000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.92322553.5
 
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