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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 “adhesions” 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.

30 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
adhesions134379(None) 
adhesion1244431adhesion_
adhesional1472642adhesional
adhesives1643092adhesives
aphelions1474812aphelions
cohesions1447092cohesions
inhesions12116122inhesions
abrasions1145813abrasions
accessions1445253accessions
adaptions1245223adaptions
additions1186333additions
adhering1338883adheri_ng
adhesive1543803adhesi_ve
admissions1343463admissions
adnations1039753adnations
adoptions1245783adoptions
advections1645553advections
affusions1543623affusions
allusions946013allusions
anthelions1345493anthelions
aphelion1375623aphelion_
aphesis12610513aphesi__s
ascensions1244613ascensions
aspersions1246103aspersions
aversions1247053aversions
avulsions1243263avulsions
cohesion1347283cohesion_
designs9328313_d_esigns
inhesion11116373inhesion_
lesions73813873__lesions

Search took 7 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 Limit148641305.95324969.1
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.38927968.5
 
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