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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 “decadence” 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
decadence155559(None) 
decadences1665141decadences
decadency1863671decadency
cadence1239062__cadence
decadencies1753872decadencies
decadent1249002decaden_t
decadents1346392decadents
accedence1344573accedence
accidence1344613accidence
cadenced1435523__cadenced
cadences1338473__cadences
cadency1545893__cadency
deaden83714323de_aden__
deadened1137233de_adened
deadener1036743de_adener
deadens93410693de_aden_s
deadeye1245163de_ade_ye
decade104216163decad___e
decadently1753973decadently
decades113615513decade__s
decane93818873deca__n_e
decedent12310213deceden_t
decedents1347323decedents
decency1537453dec__ency
defence1339893de__fence
deference1578493deference
dependence1646593dependence
desinence1257513desinence
divalence15135093divalence
evidence1446563_evidence
feculence1644823feculence
incidence1447603incidence
precedence1746113precedence
remanence1346723remanence
residence1268913residence
tendence1148523te_ndence

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 Limit148641366.64022385.7
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.09225196.1
 
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