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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 “opalesces” 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.

28 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
opalesces134399(None) 
opalesce1243511opalesce_
opalesced1442791opalesced
coalesces1346042coalesces
opalescent1454742opalescent
opulences1345092opulences
coalesce1245423coalesce_
coalesced1444553coalesced
convalesces1853123convalesces
covalences1745833covalences
evanesces1463183evanesces
obsolesces1452353obsolesces
opalescence1753753opalescence
opalescences1853093opalescences
opalescing1542523opalescing
opalines10311423opal_ines
oppresses1346873oppresses
opulence1245153opulence_
opulencies1443563opulencies
ovalnesses1346053ovalnesses
oxalises1538503oxalis_es
palaces114216453_pal_aces
palefaces1645303_palefaces
palettes103112833_palettes
palsies94420273_pal_sies
pareses94718883_pares_es
valences1388513_valences
vocaleses14145323vocales_es

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641286.29623608.8
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.73226543.5
 
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