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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 “preadolescences” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

21 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
preadolescences229184(None) 
preadolescence2192011preadolescence_
preadolescents1971632preadolescen_ts
adolescences1753613___adolescences
pearlescences1962853p_ea_rlescences
preadolescent1862263preadolescen__t
adolescence1653854___adolescence_
pearlescence1863194p_ea_rlescence_
prepubescences24111864pre_pubescences
adolescents1453305___adolescen_ts
arborescences1962465ar__borescences
coalescences1554215_coa__lescences
incalescences16113505inca__lescences
iridescences1793355ir_id__escences
obsolescences1962315__obsolescences
opalescences1853095_opa__lescences
prepubescence23112145pre_pubescence_
pseudosciences2171875pseudo__sciences
recrudescences1861805_recrudescences
redolences1376805_re_dol___ences
subadolescents1971145subadolescen_ts

Search took 10 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 Filter178691658740.656272394.8
2DLD Change Limit65874218.8307460.2
3Display Results21210.0131615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691219.49918811.6
 
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