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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 “severances” 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.

38 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
severances154678(None) 
severance1447331severance_
esperances1446252esperances
reverences1579172reverences
securances1445742securances
beverages1595223bevera_ges
deferences1677873deferences
deliverances18142693deliverances
deviances1566493dev_iances
disseverances1962113disseverances
elegances1246183_elegances
entrances11310953_entrances
esperance1346693esperance_
governances17223913governances
iterances1148913_iterances
leverages1365663levera_ges
penetrances1544803penetrances
perseverances2061843perseverances
recreances1446503recreances
references1589353references
relevances1596113relevances
reverence14710163reverence_
reverenced1676313reverenced
reverencer1575723reverencer
reverencers1673323reverencers
seances93015343s__e_ances
securance1345873securance_
semblances1644213semblances
severable1438543severable_
severals1137593severa__ls
severalties1453663severalties
severeness1346123severeness
severities1348523severities
sewerages1345363sewera_ges
sufferances1953373sufferances
temperances1754733temperances
tolerances1245993tolerances
utterances1245083utterances

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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603386.25022496.5
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691386.71926594.9
 
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