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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 “thence” 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.

36 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
thence11201085(None) 
hence104920051_hence
whence14187931whence
chance134617092chance
ethene93312922ethen_e
fence105319912_fence
hance105424152_hance
henge94819832_henge
pence94924452_pence
sithence1344792sithence
spence103813792spence
tenace82715692t_enace
tench105620002t_ench
tenge65720452t_enge
tense55225842t_ense
terce75721842t_erce
thane86122532than_e
thebe107515432the_be
theca103311452the_ca
thecae11299652thecae
thee78039062the__e
theine94814922theine
theme105921732the_me
then78429692then__
thenage11107842thenage
thenal92712432thenal
thenar92610002thenar
thens85921832then_s
there87527392the_re
therme115814992therme
these86519012the_se
thine85026862thin_e
thrice114311572thrice
tierce8339842tierce
trance84718762trance
trench114211612trench

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 Filter178691825510.703254183.5
2DLD Change Limit82551366.12313482.1
3Display Results36360.0331090.9
 (SQL Overall)178691366.85926052.0
 
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