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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 “clarences” 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.

49 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
clarences134645(None) 
clarence1246451clarence_
cadences1338472c_adences
clearances1444792clearances
florences1446892florences
arenes64928393__aren_es
cadence1239063c_adence_
cadenced1435523c_adenced
cadencies1447323c_adencies
caresses10314063c_aresses
carices114220953c_ar_ices
carnies94123963c_ar_nies
caruncles1345003c_aruncles
cayennes1345013c_ayennes
chances145218093cha__nces
clarets94111103clare__ts
claries93422203clar__ies
clarifies1448633clarifies
clarinet10317293clarin_et
clarinets1137683clarinets
clarities11312483clarities
claroes93113733clar__oes
clearance1345113clearance_
clemencies1644733clemencies
clenches152910953cl__enches
coagencies1545623coagencies
coalesces1346043coalesces
coherences1787043coherences
commences17139583commences
coprinces1547483coprinces
covalences1745833covalences
credences1498143credences
currencies1445663currencies
faiences1337043_faiences
flagrances1644183flagrances
flamencos1642423flamencos
florence1347063florence_
glances104113143gla__nces
lances84824103_la__nces
larcenies1147533_larcenies
larees65323113_lare__es
larynges1244503_larynges
larynxes1842453_larynxes
latencies1147773_latencies
launces9329003_la_unces
licences12129323_licences
lucences12137313_lucences
saliences11108063saliences
valences1388513_valences

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641497.29620372.9
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691497.71823152.5
 
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