Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “outfences” 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.

52 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
outfences145646(None) 
outfence1356971outfence_
outfenced1555091outfenced
offences1645022o_ffences
outdances12198502outdances
outfaces132311392outf_aces
outrances112912112outrances
unfences1337932_unfences
audiences1246003audiences
butenes9313033but_en_es
defences1439633_defences
fences114617113___fences
fourpences1743983fourpences
lucences12137313lu_cences
offence1545353o_ffence_
offenses1443833o_ffenses
opulences1345093opulences
ounces83617773ou___nces
outdance11238733outdance_
outdanced13226573outdanced
outfables1485563outfables
outface123011973outf_ace_
outfaced14219463outf_aced
outfeasts12114333outfeasts
outfeel1037543outfe__el
outfeels1135063outfe_els
outfencing1645293outfencing
outfinds1235643outfin_ds
outfires1139863outf_ires
outfishes15118023outfishes
outflies11310153outf_lies
outfoxes1836743outf_oxes
outjinxes2343113outjinxes
outlines82418093outlin_es
outoffices1851313outoffices
outpaces122411943out_paces
outplaces1347743outplaces
outprices1337623outprices
outpunches1742823outpunches
outraces102217863out_races
outrance102212783outrance_
outranges102510013outranges
outreaches1545353outreaches
outsees72616433outse__es
outserves12147373outserves
outvoices1444423outvoices
patiences1367433patiences
potences12710693pot_ences
refences13311843_refences
tuppences1543963tuppences
unfence1239193_unfence_
unfenced1437733_unfenced

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641527.31320325.6
3Display Results52520.0301733.3
 (SQL Overall)178691527.77922970.9
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.