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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 “efficiencies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
efficiencies225252(None) 
deficiencies2052942deficiencies
inefficiencies2462112inefficiencies
sufficiencies2361692sufficiencies
efficacies2052963effic__acies
efficiency2352993efficienc__y
proficiencies2261813proficiencies
affluencies19102564aff_luencies
ebulliencies1651784ebulliencies
effeminacies2261354effeminacies
efficacities2252194efficacities
efficient1745074efficien___t
efficiently2252934efficien_tly
effluences18103784eff_luenc_es
effulgences2062124effulgenc_es
eminencies1445934e_mi_nencies
esuriencies1353824e_suriencies
exigencies2045264e_xi_gencies
expediencies2452924expediencies
incipiencies1853714incipiencies
insufficiencies2571284insufficiencies
officiaries1952504offici_aries
resiliencies1453724resiliencies
reticencies1545684retic_encies

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 Filter1786911247900.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit124790246.84318236.2
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691246.99925530.9
 
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