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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 “menace” 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.

44 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
menace10321694(None) 
menaced122710091menaced
menacer112610881menacer
menaces112715521menaces
menage93216541menage
tenace82715691tenace
amesace1147732amesace
bename103316072bename
cenacle1139122cenacle
deface123113862deface
enact73525362_enact
enate54428152_enate
enface112510352_enface
enlace82213232_enlace
fence105319912fen_ce
hence104920042hen_ce
mace87345792m__ace
manacle11310282manacle
manage93818902manage
meanie83718392meanie
menacers12279312menacers
menad85918982mena_d
menads95514382menads
menages103615392menages
menarche1545812menarche
mensae84114052mensae
mensch13387102mensch
mense75025632men_se
mentee84121292mentee
metage93114452metage
metate82720532metate
minae75627722mina_e
mince95325232min_ce
peace95026082pe_ace
penance11313442penance
pence94924452pen_ce
reface113616352reface
relace83122152relace
rename82718812rename
seance83716692seance
senate63725172senate
tenaces92814512tenaces
venae85920982vena_e
vendace1357362vendace

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551442.20037523.2
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691442.59268939.4
 
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