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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 “laitance” 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.

52 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
laitance104597(None) 
laitances1145611laitances
abidance1346323abidance
acutance1246303acutance
advance1346043_advance
alliance1097263alliance
askance1345923_askance
balance11510263ba_lance
blatancy1543573bla_tancy
brisance1245953brisance
distance11311853distance
emittance1343863emittance
faience1237513fai_ence
faineance1443363faineance
fiance11310743_fi_ance
finance1238573_finance
flagrance1544193flagrance
guidance1244983guidance
hesitance1445553hesitance
instance1049883instance
lactase937963lacta_se
lactate9312703lacta_te
lactone9311413lacton_e
lance75126723l___ance
lantana739603lantan_a
lantanas838263lantanas
latency1236033la_tency
lattice938433la_ttice
launce8469183la__unce
liane54720663l_i_an_e
licence11119363l_icence
litanies8310993l_itanies
litany939053l_itan_y
luminance1345163luminance
militance1346113militance
naissance1143453naissance
nuisance1045713nuisance
oscitance13124473oscitance
parlance1248723parlance
patience1247523patience
pittance1246113pittance
platane93112303pla_tan_e
portance12310123portance
quittance2043543quittance
radiance1148123radiance
reactance1346353reactance
slamdance1442893slamdance
stance84316913__stance
valance1269253va_lance
valiance1397383valiance
variance1397413variance
voidance1444723voidance

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162526.54622328.4
3Display Results52520.0301733.3
 (SQL Overall)178691526.98225593.1
 
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