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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 “excuses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

33 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
excuses163890(None) 
excises1638931excises
excuse1537421excuse_
excused1736291excused
excuser1635811excuser
excusers1734441excusers
accuses114112192accuses
arcuses94814692arcuses
effuses1335902effuses
encases93116052encases
excess1546052exces_s
excesses1736752excesses
excides1738342excides
excise1538552excise_
excised1736672excised
excites16310632excites
excludes1844382excludes
excursus1742592excursus
executes1736532executes
exhumes1934322exhumes
exoduses1644802exoduses
exposes1639962exposes
expulses1774812expulses
exudes143710362ex_udes
ficuses12159202ficuses
focuses12159652focuses
fucuses12158352fucuses
hocuses121710422hocuses
incuses93514852incuses
mucuses11148512mucuses
nexuses1436742nex_uses
recuses94619462recuses
xeruses143010752xeruses

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671332.86037647.2
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.23655219.7
 
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