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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 “sentry” 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.

38 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
sentry9291205(None) 
entry82414261_entry
gentry103410441gentry
senary93716071senary
agentry11165752agentry
centra84113882centra
centre84316642centre
century1237192century
denary105316862denary
gantry103810112gantry
gently103710912gently
henry114014472hen_ry
misentry1345772misentry
pantry115014102pantry
peltry11288652peltry
penury1148102penury
reentry1038032reentry
retry84718082re_try
scenery1236552scenery
sectary1238272sectary
senor53822792senor_
senora63216152senora
senors63620782senors
senryu934492sen_ryu
sensory10329082sensory
sent46963012sent__
sente56432872sent_e
senti56226702sent_i
serry84824122se_rry
sneery93610412sneery
subentry1344692subentry
sultry938462sultry
sundry1057942sundry
sweltry1333412sweltry
tenty86121602tent_y
venery123710662venery
vestry1238622vestry
wintry12498922wintry

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit82551382.64031269.3
3Display Results38380.0331151.5
 (SQL Overall)178691382.79663909.5
 
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