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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 “canescent” 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.

35 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
canescent1311876(None) 
calescent13118221calescent
candescent1556291candescent
acescent1248012_acescent
coalescent1496652coalescent
crescent12711052c_rescent
evanescent1564102evanescent
ignescent1245202ignescent
senescent1167782senescent
acaulescent1553153acaulescent
acescents1345233_acescents
albescent1345463albescent
ascent84519653_a__scent
candent10417363can__dent
candescence1554803candescence
casement12311953case_ment
concent114422513con__cent
concrescent1455473concrescent
condescend1644413condescend
consent93723113con_s_ent
crescents1367543c_rescents
descent102616293__descent
ignescents1373383ignescents
incalescent1554153incalescent
incandescent1763213incandescent
nascent9610523__nascent
nescient1048713__nescient
opalescent1454743opalescent
pubescent1545443pubescent
quiescent2055703quiescent
renascent1147483renascent
rubescent1345833rubescent
rufescent1444863rufescent
tumescent1345403tumescent
virescent1445883virescent

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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641357.32620289.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.81222873.9
 
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