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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 “presidency” 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.

30 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
presidency184465(None) 
residency1565511_residency
precedency2053692precedency
president12410992presiden_t
presidents1347022presidents
residence1268902_residence
nonresidency1862803nonresidency
pendency1646073p_e_ndency
persistency1852653persistency
pertinency1754163pertinency
precedence1746113precedence
prepotency1953783prepotency
prescience16157293prescience
presence122213513pres__ence
preside10715613preside___
presided12410553preside__d
presidencies1754483presidencies
presider11410423preside__r
presiders1248213preside_rs
presides11414913preside__s
presidiary1653283presidiary
presiding13510903presidin_g
providence1854093providence
pruriency1643323pruri_ency
renitency1445443_renitency
residences1368233_residences
resident9313753_residen_t
residents1038423_residents
resiliency1573313_resiliency
reticency1644573_reticency

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit140603306.03323305.7
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.54927285.2
 
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