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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 “adherence” 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.

33 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
adherence156489(None) 
adherences1664881adherences
adherend1343862adheren_d
adherends1443262adherends
adherent1247782adheren_t
adherents1345552adherents
advertence1654442advertence
coherence1676942coherence
inherence1449272inherence
abhorrence1762433abhorrence
accedence1344573accedence
adherable1545003adherable
adhere10310333adher___e
adhered1239233adhere__d
adherently17103603adherently
adherer1137573adhere__r
adherers1296923adhere_rs
adheres11310163adhere__s
adhering1338883adherin_g
adjacence2172883adjacence
advertences1754053advertences
advertency1953233advertency
appetence1544993appetence
coherences1787043coherences
coherency1974553coherency
defence1339893_d_efence
deference1578493deference
inference14411033inference
inherences1568973inherences
inherency1745933inherency
reference14810093reference
reverence14710163reverence
vehemence1943603vehemence

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641337.20620627.4
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.63923391.9
 
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