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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 “subadolescent” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
subadolescent187148(None) 
subadolescents1971141subadolescents
adolescent1355143___adolescent
preadolescent1862263preadolescent
adolescents1453304___adolescents
obsolescent1562784_ob_solescent
postadolescent19111304postadolescent
preadolescents1971634preadolescents
acaulescent1553155_aca_ulescent
adolescence1653855___adolescence
adolescently1862195___adolescently
arborescent1553405arb__orescent
calescent13118225__ca__lescent
coalescent1496655_coa__lescent
incalescent1554155inca__lescent
opalescent1454745_opa__lescent
pearlescent1553505_pea_rlescent
preadolescence2192015preadolescence
pubescent1545445pub____escent
rubescent1345835rub____escent

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit124790207.95315690.9
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691208.35921377.1
 
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