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

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

40 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
efficiency235299(None) 
deficiency2153112deficiency
efficient1745072efficien_t
efficiently2252932efficiently
inefficiency2562542inefficiency
sufficiency2462162sufficiency
efficacy2152523effic__acy
efficiencies2252523efficiencies
proficiency2352093proficiency
affluency20102674aff_luency
coefficient2182784coefficien_t
coefficients2281904coefficients
deficient1547024deficien_t
deficiently2053154deficiently
deficients1644324deficients
ebulliency1751834ebulliency
effacing1744464effaci_n_g
effeminacy2361284effeminacy
efficacity2352044efficacity
effigies1543514effigie__s
effluence17104074eff_luence
effulgence19102234effulgence
eminency1544774e_mi_nency
esuriency14133774e_suriency
exigency2144724e_xi_gency
expediency2553114expediency
incipiency1953674incipiency
inefficient1953564inefficien_t
inefficiently2462474inefficiently
inefficients2062604inefficients
insufficiency2671494insufficiency
officially2143454officially
officiant1745064offician_t
officiants1853424officiants
officiary2052324offici_ary
officinal1743544offici_nal
resiliency1573314resiliency
reticency1644574retic_ency
sufficient1854224sufficien_t
sufficiently2362014sufficiently

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911614500.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit161450409.08017780.8
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691409.51618778.0
 
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