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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 “hesitance” 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
hesitance144555(None) 
hesitances1545541hesitances
hesitancy1743541hesitancy
desistance1344582desistance
hesitancies1643992hesitancies
hesitant1149082hesitan_t
hesitate1169972hesita_te
resistance1245882resistance
assistance1253453assistance
defiance1477633defi_ance
desinence1257503desinence
desistances1444193desistances
deviance1477083devi_ance
distance11311853dis_tance
emittance1343863_emittance
heptane1238363he_ptan_e
heritable1439453heritable
heritage1246533herita_ge
hesitantly1653003hesitantly
hesitated1377783hesitated
hesitater1276923hesitater
hesitates1269793hesitates
hesitator1286023hesitator
inheritance1654113inheritance
instance1049883ins_tance
laitance1045973_laitance
militance1346113militance
oscitance13124473oscitance
penitence1348093penitence
reactance1346353reactance
refinance14117643refinance
reliance10310473reli_ance
remittance1444453remittance
renitence1149053renitence
residence1268903residence
resistances1345373resistances
resonance1147623resonance
stance84316913__s_tance

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641386.40623203.4
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691386.85826055.8
 
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