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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 “fences” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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105 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
fences11461711(None) 
feces105625361fe_ces
fence105319911fence_
fenced124412711fenced
fencer114613531fencer
fencers123810621fencers
benches143918602benches
benes75536232ben_es
bennes86019012bennes
censes83721802censes
dances95120652dances
defences1439632defences
deices94119372deices
denes65639722den_es
denies74729642denies
deuces94015512deuces
dunces95215752dunces
faces106439432f_aces
faeces114713122faeces
faiences1337052faiences
falces115216002falces
fancies124018782fancies
fanes84639892fan_es
farces115223322farces
fasces114914542fasces
fauces114916152fauces
feases95422922feases
feazes184514172feazes
fecks145417852fe_cks
fees76450602fe__es
feezes184412612feezes
femes105626222fe_mes
femmes135410212femmes
fended114216912fended
fender103718722fender
fenders113717262fenders
fends96324972fen_ds
fennec11326912fennec
fennecs12305692fennecs
fennel9429472fennel
fennels10387902fennels
fens76139762fen__s
feres86038182fe_res
fescues1236782fescues
fesses94820252fesses
fetches153413892fetches
fetes85630142fe_tes
fezes175220022fe_zes
fezzes174910402fezzes
fiances12310672fiances
fices106031162f_ices
fincas113512072fincas
finches153914192finches
fines86644262fin_es
fleeces12399642fleeces
flenches163410532flenches
flenses1039472flenses
forces114422132forces
frenches163311632frenches
fyces139813642f_yces
genes65133092gen_es
genies75324942genies
genres75515622genres
gentes75324162gentes
hances115621282hances
hence104920052hence_
henges104516462henges
kenches163912272kenches
kentes105118652kentes
lances84824102lances
lenes54738522len_es
lenses64620892lenses
menaces112715522menaces
menses84222452menses
merces105720742merces
minces104420802minces
nances83618642nances
nenes55329672nen_es
nonces84418832nonces
offences1645022offences
ounces83617772ounces
peaces106324082peaces
pence94924452pence_
pencel103812922pencel
pencels113610062pencels
penes75839222pen_es
ponces104720842ponces
rances84625442rances
recces10614912recces
refences13311852refences
rentes65431192rentes
seances93015342seances
senses63923942senses
spences113413922spences
tenaces92814512tenaces
tenches123515522tenches
tenses64722552tenses
tenues63816442tenues
terces83921412terces
unfences1337932unfences
venges104015152venges
venues95115202venues
wenches152914132wenches
winces114819112winces
yentes95517602yentes

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit825511053.81321649.9
3Display Results1051050.0333181.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911054.21942353.9
 
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