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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 “peccancy” 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.

34 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
peccancy164395(None) 
peccant13311732peccan_t
peccantly1843952peccantly
peccary1636282pecca_ry
bechance1747743bechance
chancy164010863__chancy
decency1537453de_cency
deviancy1754183deviancy
errancy1256363_errancy
expectancy2692483expectancy
geomancy1644153geomancy
pecan91919033pe_can__
pecans101515833pe_can_s
peccable1648123peccable
peccancies1544933peccancies
peccavi1643093pecca_vi
peccavis1743133peccavis
pechan13511543pechan__
pechans14810503pechan_s
penance11313443pe_nance
pendency1646073pendency
perchance1866393perchance
petulancy1652913petulancy
piquancy2442973piquancy
pliancy1435593p_liancy
pregnancy1744063pregnancy
recency1438633re_cency
recreancy1643783recreancy
recusancy1643743recusancy
regnancy1444773regnancy
tenancy1237503te_nancy
unchancy1844703unchancy
vacancy1744443_vacancy
verdancy1744723verdancy

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162346.73321708.3
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691347.13925030.3
 
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