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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 “affiance” 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.

52 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
affiance164565(None) 
affianced1843031affianced
affiances1745151affiances
affiant1348432affian_t
affiants1445232affiants
affine12310502affi_n_e
affirmance2052772affirmance
alliance1097262alliance
ambiance1446062ambiance
defiance1477632defiance
fiance11310742__fiance
abeyance1545013abeyance
abidance1346323abidance
acutance1246303acutance
adamance1345543adamance
advance1346043a_dvance
affable15117403aff_able
affaire1344463aff_aire
affiancing1941843affiancing
affiche1844313affi_che
affinal1336443affi_nal
affined1436413affi_ned
affines1339483affi_nes
affirmances2152603affirmances
affixable2443343affixable
affluence17103773affluence
alliances11107093alliances
ambiances1545713ambiances
ambience1455353ambience
antiacne1048583antiacne
appliance1544493appliance
askance1345923a_skance
audience1146583audience
avoidance1543723avoidance
cofinance1645553cofinance
dalliance1244203dalliance
defiances1557033defiances
deviance1477083deviance
efface14366673eff_a_ce
faience1237513_faience
fiancee1238953__fiancee
fiances12310673__fiances
finance1238573_finance
offence1545353off_ence
office1435693offi__ce
radiance1148123radiance
raffinate1545023raffinate
refinance14117643refinance
reliance10310473reliance
tarriance1144273tarriance
valiance1397383valiance
variance1397413variance

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162527.11020557.2
3Display Results52520.0301733.3
 (SQL Overall)178691527.54623680.2
 
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