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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsilence” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
silence931021(None) 
silenced1136271silenced
silencer1036291silencer
silences10310071silences
licence11119362licence
salience10117902salience
science1138782science
silane62718052silan_e
silencers1145282silencers
sileni63312142silen_i
silent64125842silen_t
silenter838872silenter
silents73514492silents
silenus7369692silenus
since75024172si__nce
sithence1344792sithence
sixpence1943542sixpence
spence103813792s_pence
valence1268772valence
violence1345712violence

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671203.43631336.1
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691203.81246875.9