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

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
pacifies1531122(None) 
opacifies1645461opacifies
pacified1638361pacified
pacifier1557501pacifier
pacifiers1645461pacifiers
basifies13310492basifies
calcifies1638922calcifies
fancifies1767082fancifies
gasifies1238692gasifies
nazifies2036062nazifies
opacified1744392opacified
opacifier1643622opacifier
opacifiers1742512opacifiers
opacities1347942opacities
pacific1646912pacifi_c
pacifism1746372pacifism
pacifisms1845092pacifisms
pacifist1548092pacifist
pacifists1645062pacifists
parities10522972parities
paucities1348502paucities
purifies13311922purifies
ramifies13310502ramifies
rarifies11311932rarifies
ratifies11313512ratifies
repacifies1745652repacifies
salifies11314792salifies
specifies1647572specifies
tackifies1845782tackifies

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059293.36036029.5
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.74947663.6
 
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