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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 “prudence” 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.

53 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
prudence134633(None) 
prudences1446681prudences
credence1387822credence
imprudence1753482imprudence
presence122213512presence
pretence122312122pretence
prudent10310432pruden_t
prurience1344762prurience
pudency1544762p_udency
purulence1345032purulence
ardency1346483ar_dency
audience1146583_audience
cadence1239063_cadence
credences1498143credences
evidence1446563evidence
imprudences1853293imprudences
impudence1644683impudence
lucence11148003_lucence
opulence1245153opulence
patience1247523patience
pence94924453p___ence
pendency1646073pendency
potence11711363p_otence
pounce105214093pou__nce
prance104318573pr__ance
precedence1746113precedence
prepense12238943prepense
presences132113793presences
pretences132312613pretences
pretense10199823pretense
prince104114763pr__ince
produce1267513prod_uce
propene112716043propen_e
propense122410103propense
providence1854093providence
province1546923province
prude84615973prud___e
prudently1545533prudently
pruderies1247873pruderies
prudery1335243prude_ry
prudes94215443prude__s
prune75119633pru__n_e
prunelle1044983prunelle
pruriences1444703pruriences
pruriency1643323pruriency
pudencies1445783p_udencies
pudenda1142963p_udenda
purulences1444503purulences
purulency1643353purulency
refence12312243_refence
stridence1245103stridence
tendence1148523tendence
virulence1444043virulence

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162539.33015665.8
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691539.76618297.3
 
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