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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 “nascences” 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.

41 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
nascences134623(None) 
nascence1256181nascence_
nascencies1444551nascencies
nascency1543692nascenc_y
nesciences1446252nesciences
renascences1554862renascences
absences1247673_absences
ascended1246513_ascended
ascender1136733_ascender
ascenders1235683_ascenders
ascends10388203_ascen_ds
ascents93812553_ascen_ts
asceses938623_asce_ses
cadences1338473ca_dences
cassenes103611293cassen_es
ensconces1344743ensconces
essences1047563_essences
faiences1337043fa_iences
fascines13310143fascin_es
innocences14106073innocences
larcenies1147533larcenies
licences12129323_licences
lucences12137313_lucences
nacelles1048393na_celles
naissances1243423naissances
nances83618643na___nces
narceines1146583narceines
nascent9610523nascen__t
nescience1356373nescience_
nonsciences1556093nonsciences
patiences1367433patiences
renascence1455323renascence_
saliences11108063saliences
sapiences13116423sapiences
scenes84520353__scen_es
sciences1238773__sciences
sconces113811453__sconces
senescences15135563senescences
spences113413923__spences
tangences1246443tangences
valences1388513va_lences

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641416.62622433.0
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691417.06225303.2
 
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