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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 “licensures” 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.

26 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
licensures124305(None) 
licensure1143041licensure_
censures102211622__censures
licensees1184472licens_ees
licensers11114582licenser_s
licenses10118922licens__es
licensors11104022licensor_s
relicensures1451032relicensures
censure92310603__censure_
censured11248913__censured
censurer10228133__censurer
censurers11256073__censurers
censuses10187543__censuses
ensures73315903___ensures
insures73117263_i__nsures
leisures836683l__eisures
licencees13134643licen_cees
licencers13134643licencer_s
licences12129323licen__ces
license9148423licens__e_
licensed11145723licens__ed
licensee10166303licens__ee
licenser10155883licens__er
licensor10113723licensor__
relicensure1351183relicensure_
uncensured1344003uncensured

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit140603265.70624641.3
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691265.85930498.5
 
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