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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 “sericeous” 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.

36 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
sericeous114634(None) 
ceraceous1346352ceraceous
sebaceous1343912sebaceous
serious73616282seri__ous
setaceous1145322setaceous
siliceous1145032siliceous
araceous1049183_araceous
cetaceous1344943cetaceous
coriaceous1444263coriaceous
delicious1246713delicious
epigeous1146533_epigeous
ericaceous1453183_ericaceous
ferocious1445193ferocious
ferreous1146033fer_reous
griseous945613_griseous
herbaceous1753023herbaceous
perilous10310693peri_lous
pernicious1445503pernicious
piceous11310693__piceous
pumiceous1563473pumiceous
sarcous9312933sar_c_ous
scoriaceous1552163scoriaceous
seditious1046493seditious
semipious1385523semipious
sericins10312463seric_ins
seriemas1047193seri_emas
series64540973seri_e__s
serines74229543serine__s
serous65023563ser___ous
servicers1444663service_rs
services1338573service__s
silicious1146433silicious
sorcerous1145913sor_cerous
strikeout1344063strikeout
strikeouts1451893strikeouts
veracious1447123veracious

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit148641367.82618993.2
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691368.25221654.3
 
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