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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 “ruinous” 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.

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
ruinous73976(None) 
urinous7310081urinous
acinous9310932acinous
burnous938822burnous
heinous1038852heinous
luminous1037112luminous
mucinous1245372mucinous
mutinous1047652mutinous
numinous1046292numinous
ominous949032ominous
quinoas16337872quinoas
quinols16297242quinols
rainout7314392rainout
rainouts846922rainouts
resinous838502resinous
rhinos94411122rhino_s
rimous8311912r_imous
rosinous847372rosinous
rubious938282rubious
rufous948272ru_fous
rugous739652ru_gous
ruiners74213022ruiners
ruinously1245732ruinously
ruins55822032ruin__s
runout6414872ru_nout
runouts737352ru_nouts
spinous9310442spinous
uranous7310732uranous
vinous93914172_vinous

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671293.36032044.9
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.73647829.5
 
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