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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 “effervescence” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
effervescence2622198(None) 
effervescences27211821effervescences
defervescence2461712defervescence
effervescent2361642effervescen_t
defervescences2561563defervescences
effervesce2161683efferves___ce
effervesced2381323effervesce__d
effervescently287943effervescently
effervesces2261733effervesce__s
effervescing2491173effervescin_g
efflorescence2362073efflorescence
efflorescences24101784efflorescences
excrescence2153734e_xcr_escence
florescence1884414_flor_escence
arborescence1862855arbor_escence
concrescence1484505concr_escence
efflorescent2082185efflorescen_t
evanescence1853635e__vanescence
excrescences2253445e_xcr_escences
excrescency2452415e_xcr_escency
florescences1993885_flor_escences
fluorescence19103515_fluorescence
inflorescence2062265inflorescence
juvenescence2662345juve_nescence
pearlescence1863195_pearlescence
putrescence17114275_putr_escence
senescence14136075__se_nescence
turgescence1653075__turgescence
virescence17134865__vir_escence

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit124790298.09315419.5
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691298.51620983.0
 
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