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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 “pentosan” 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.

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
pentosan104573(None) 
pentosans1145181pentosans
pentose9311592pentos_e
pentoses10312892pentoses
bentos86218303bentos__
centos85920463centos__
chitosan1374583chitosan
entozoan1744063_entozoan
gentian8310103gent_ian
hexosan1744333he_xosan
lentos65317403lentos__
pantos85222743pantos__
partisan1058423partisan
pectoral121210503pectoral
pengos94612413pengos__
penman10312323pen__man
pennon8310643penno__n
pentad9313763pent__ad
pentagon1146323pentagon
pentane9415743pent__ane
pentode1039893pento_de
pentodes11310363pentodes
pentomic1448143pentomic
pentoside1255373pentoside
pestos84719083pestos__
petrosal1047153petrosal
petsai838083pe_t_sai
photoscan1655053photoscan
pintos86021293pintos__
ponton83217643ponto__n
pontoon93010703ponto_on
ptisan8417973p__tisan
puntos85915793puntos__

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162336.92021121.7
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.35924282.0
 
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