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

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

25 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
veterinaries155319(None) 
veterinarian1563132veterinarian
veterinarians1662802veterinarians
determinacies1853193determinacies
ternaries9311643__ter_naries
veterinary1652863veterinar__y
catenaries1248664cate__naries
centenaries1346484cente__naries
decenaries1348124dece__naries
decennaries1454264dece_nnaries
deteriorates1354444deteriorates
determinatives2052934determinatives
eternalizes20118174_eter_nalizes
eternities1048064_eter_nities
heterogamies1854674heterogamies
heteronomies1755384heteronomies
quaternaries2152834quater_naries
seminaries12410004__seminaries
septenaries1375354septe__naries
termitaries1345694__termitaries
tertiaries1047004__tertiaries
urinaries949204___urinaries
valetudinaries1871244valetudinaries
vespiaries1543584ve_spi_aries
vestiaries1345374ve_sti_aries

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 Filter1786911247900.530337152.8
2DLD Change Limit124790257.87615844.3
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691258.42221217.2
 
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