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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 “incandescences” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

21 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
incandescences186283(None) 
incandescence1763191incandescence_
candescences1654492__candescences
incalescences16113502inca_lescences
incandescents1862132incandescen_ts
candescence1554803__candescence_
incalescence15113983inca_lescence_
incandescent1763213incandescen__t
incandescently2281733incandescently
incandesces1652573incandes___ces
evanescences1953234_evan_escences
incandesce1552584incandes___ce_
incandesced1751814incandes___ced
incandescing1851784incandescin__g
inconsequences2773334inconsequences
inconsistences1883724inconsistences
inconveniences21154104inconveniences
inflorescences2171994inflorescences
intumescences1983664in_tumescences
iridescences1793354i__ridescences
recrudescences1861804recrudescences

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit65874213.70317789.4
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691214.09543636.4
 
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