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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 “residencies” 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.

29 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
residencies144597(None) 
presidencies1754481presidencies
residences1368241residenc_es
renitencies1346092renitencies
residence1268912residenc_e_
resiliencies1453722resiliencies
reticencies1545682reticencies
decadencies1753873decadencies
desinences1347223desinenc_es
eminencies1445943_eminencies
evidences1556343_evidenc_es
exigencies2045263_exigencies
hesitancies1643993hesitancies
leniencies1246193leni_encies
nonresidencies1762523nonresidencies
pendencies1547023pe_ndencies
precedencies1953723precedencies
recencies13312253re__cencies
redenies9615713re__den_ies
redolencies1454563redolencies
regencies1249283re__gencies
renitences1248453renitenc_es
residency1565513residenc__y
residential1255283residential
residents1038423residen__ts
resiliences1375243resilienc_es
reticences1447463reticenc_es
stridencies1454033stridencies
tendencies1346343te_ndencies

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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633297.00317368.7
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691297.42224075.9
 
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