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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 “clemency” 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.

34 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
clemency174369(None) 
clement11313772clemen_t
clemently1645062clemently
inclemency1953252inclemency
cadency1545893c_adency
cement103321673c_emen_t
cementa112810543c_ementa
cements112714223c_ements
clarence1246453clarence
cleanly1236323cle_anly
clemencies1644733clemencies
clench133910053cl__ench
cleverly1643463cleverly
coagency1644863coagency
cogency1547013c_ogency
coherency1974553coherency
commence16149103commence
credence1387823credence
currency1545543currency
decency1537453_decency
elegancy1444383elegancy
element9317803elemen_t
elements10312173elements
flamenco1543193flamenco
fleecy14266483fle_e_cy
fluency1545353fl_uency
lambency1743203_lambency
latency1236033_latency
lemony11419553_lemon_y
leniency1345313_leniency
lucency14104903_lucency
recency1438633_recency
regency1337363_regency
vehemency2252333vehemency

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162346.33023090.4
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.76626410.1
 
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