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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 “vacancies” 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.

47 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
vacancies164549(None) 
vagrancies1644172vagrancies
valances1398762valanc_es
valencies1446412valencies
valiancies1545282valiancies
acacias11510403_aca_cias
adamancies1543773adamancies
agencies1138743_agencies
avalanches18102843avalanches
balances1279973balanc_es
blatancies1444373blatancies
cadencies1447323cadencies
candies104125613__candies
decencies1448943decencies
errancies1147963errancies
fancies124018783__fancies
infancies1446973infancies
latencies1147773latencies
lucencies1345843lucencies
nancies93516843__nancies
nascencies1444553nascencies
papacies1439473papa_cies
patencies1349173patencies
peccancies1544933peccancies
pliancies1346673pliancies
radiancies1345273radiancies
rampancies1644043rampancies
ratanies8312923ratan_ies
recencies13312253recencies
scanties103215423_scanties
tenancies1149173tenancies
truancies1146883truancies
vacancy1744443vacanc__y
vacantness1562513vacantness
vacates12312833vaca__tes
vaccines1536503vac__cines
vacuities1447143vacuities
vagaries12310293vaga_ries
valance1269253valanc_e_
valanced1475463valanc_ed
valancing1544743valancing
valences1388513valenc_es
valencias1443633valencias
valiances1487203valianc_es
variances14117363varianc_es
verdancies1645233verdancies
vibrancies1744413vibrancies

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 Limit148641476.62622433.0
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691477.07825246.0
 
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