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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 “secretory” 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
secretory144460(None) 
decretory1544681decretory
secretary1444201secretary
secretor1045681secretor_
secretors1145841secretors
excretory2143462excretory
feretory1447512fe_retory
secreter1038512secreter_
secretly1345182secret_ly
herstory1446693he_rstory
necrotomy1644263necrotomy
nonsecretory1762173nonsecretory
rectory123512733rec__tory
repertory1445493repertory
secrecy1444743secre__cy
secret8325063secret___
secrete9311073secret__e
secreted1138633secret_ed
secretes10410473secret_es
secretest1147033secretest
secretin10108343secret_in
secreting1279823secreting
secretins11108463secretins
secretion11118303secretion
secretionary1752433secretionary
secretions12117853secretions
secretive1446933secretive
secretories1345943secretories
secrets9311773secret__s
sectary1238273sec__tary
sector83415933sec__tor_
sectors93116453sec__tors
territory1245093territory

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641336.76621968.8
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.20224811.3
 
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