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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 “licencef” 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.

32 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
licence11119361licence_
licenced13145771licenced
licencee12116461licencee
licencer12146131licencer
licences12129321licences
licencees13134642licencees
licencers13134642licencers
license9148422license_
licensed11145722licensed
licensee10166302licensee
licenser10155882licenser
licenses10118922licenses
licente91210892licente_
lucence11148002lucence_
lucences12137312lucences
licencing1443853licencing
licensees1184473licensees
licensers11114583licensers
licensor10113723licensor
lichened1435753lichen_ed
likened12267353liken_ed
lisente71210703lisente_
livened11238933liven_ed
livener10278943liven_er
lucencies1345843lucencies
lucency14104903lucenc_y
science1138783science_
sciences1238773sciences
silence9310213silence_
silenced1136273silenced
silencer1036293silencer
silences10310073silences

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 Limit146162326.26623326.2
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.68826718.2
 
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