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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 “liaises” 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.

34 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
liaises731105(None) 
liaise6310691liaise_
liaised837111liaised
aliases7914492alia_ses
biases84618432bia_ses
biasses94911652biasses
braises93818872braises
chaises124317492chaises
daises74318982_daises
finises10312902finises
fraises104215692fraises
ibises83610542_ibises
irises64221172_irises
laicises1039572laicises
lapises93513462lapises
lapses85217692l_apses
lases54944762l_a_ses
lasses64827592l_asses
leases65428112lea_ses
lewises1039132lewises
liaison744472liaison
liaisons844292liaisons
lianes63819322lia_nes
ligases82310712ligases
lilies63021412lili_es
limites92915452limites
lionises8310312lionises
lipases9209482lipases
lipides103810622lipides
lorises73918592lorises
lyases95211872lya_ses
mitises9315542mitises
praises94121102praises
raises64826542_raises

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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671344.31324964.3
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691344.46939984.6
 
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