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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 “nascence” 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.

42 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
nascence125618(None) 
nascences1346231nascences
nascency1543691nascency
nascencies1444552nascencies
nascent9610522nascen_t
nescience1356372nescience
renascence1455322renascence
absence1137713_absence
ascend9429733_ascen_d
ascended1246513_ascended
ascender1136733_ascender
ascends10388203_ascends
ascent84519653_ascen_t
ascents93812553_ascents
askance1345923_askance
cadence1239063ca_dence
cassene93111543cassen_e
ensconce1244713ensconce
essence947673_essence
faience1237513fa_ience
fascine12510583fascin_e
innocence1395993innocence
licence11119363_licence
lucence11148003_lucence
nacelle938153na_celle
naissance1143453naissance
nance74721843na___nce
narceine1046753narceine
nesciences1446253nesciences
nonscience1456233nonscience
obscene1145243obscen_e
patience1247523patience
renascences1554863renascences
salience10117903salience
sapience12106613sapience
scene77220573__scen_e
science1138783__science
sconce104711723__sconce
senescence14136073senescence
spence103813793__spence
tangence1146703tangence
valence1268773va_lence

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162426.59322169.3
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.03225411.1
 
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