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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 “licensed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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109 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
licensed1114572(None) 
licenced13145771licenced
license9148421license_
licensee10166301licensee
licenser10155881licenser
licenses10118921licenses
censed94016322__censed
incensed11277952incensed
lensed74015472l__ensed
licence11119362licence_
licencee12116462licencee
licencer12146132licencer
licences12129322licences
licensees1184472licensees
licensers11114582licensers
licensor10113722licensor
licente91210892licente_
lichened1435752lichen_ed
likened12267352liken_ed
livened11238932liven_ed
relicensed1343682relicensed
unlicensed1343022unlicensed
accented13107773accented
accessed1385403accessed
aliened81011743ali_en_ed
alimented1245313alimented
ascended1246513ascended
bicepses1443873bicepses
ceased94920783__ceased
cense75121403__cense_
censer84516583__censer
censes83721803__censes
cessed94615613__cessed
deceased1247713deceased
defensed1336223defensed
dickenses1645073dickenses
diseased103011713diseased
dispensed13158773dispensed
dizened18267333dizen_ed
excessed1844943excessed
expensed18126413expensed
finessed12136793finessed
flensed1136613_flensed
incense92410303incense_
incenses102411003incenses
incented112412543incented
ladened979053laden_ed
laicised1145643laic_ised
lamented1138193lamented
latened8711923laten_ed
leased74722883l__eased
lense54523433l__ense_
lenses64620893l__enses
liaised837113li_aised
libeled10249413libe_led
libelled11317213libelled
licencees13134643licencees
licencers13134643licencers
licensing1244753licensing
licensors11104023licensors
licensure1143043licensure
licensures1243053licensures
lichenose1443363lichenose_
lichens123510683lichens__
lichted13268803lic_hted
licked134621563lic__ked
liens56525503li_ens__
likeness12229863likeness
likens105613703likens__
limens84618033limens__
limned94811473li_mn_ed
lineated9711063lineated
linebred1144963linebred
lined64934643li__n_ed
linens64818393linens__
linked114518213li__nked
linseed838203li__nseed
linsey938993li__nsey
linted74021823li__nted
lionised946603lionised
lippened13255223lippen_ed
lisente71210703lisente_
listened9168813listen_ed
liteness82213213liteness
livener10278943liven_er
liveness112411393liveness
livens94314893livens__
livered113111633live_red
liveried1238733liveried
lucence11148003lucence_
lucences12137313lucences
mensed93916543__mensed
niceness1039843niceness
recessed1139713recessed
relicense1145253relicense_
relicenses1245413relicenses
richened1435953richen_ed
rinsed75016353ri__nsed
ripened1038203ripen_ed
scended11329873_scended
scented102811883_scented
sensed73918163__sensed
sickened1546783sicken_ed
silenced1136273silenced
slickened1644293slicken_ed
sublicensed1651923sublicensed
tensed74817833__tensed
widened12328053widen_ed
wizened20275423wizen_ed

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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit1461621097.06020702.8
3Display Results1091090.0462369.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911097.54623680.2
 
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