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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 “pendency” 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.

55 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
pendency164607(None) 
tendency1445491tendency
dependency1954682dependency
leniency1345312leniency
pendent10314722penden_t
pendently1546612pendently
pendents1139412pendents
pudency1544762p_udency
pungency1644092pungency
tendence1148522tendence
ardency1346483_ardency
ascendency18123423ascendency
cadency1545893_cadency
decadency1863673decadency
decency1537453de_cency
dependence1646593dependence
fervency1944383fervency
leadenly1244733leadenly
lenience1048333lenience
pandect12310953pande_ct
patency1466313p_atency
peccancy1643953peccancy
penance11313443pen_ance
pendant10314853pendan_t
pendantly1545463pendantly
pendants1139093pendants
pended103819013pende__d
pendencies1547023pendencies
pending114119773pendin_g
penitence1348093penitence
penmen10311493penmen__
penny105119453pen__n_y
pentene9313793penten_e
pentenes10315633pentenes
plangency1742803plangency
potency1457433p_otency
precedency2053693precedency
presidency1844653presidency
prudence1346333prudence
recency1438633re_cency
redeny102712733re_den_y
regency1337363re_gency
renitency1445443renitency
residency1565513residency
sentence1099863sentence
sentiency1445253sentiency
sequency2244493sequency
tangency1444563tangency
tenancy1237503ten_ancy
tendance1147523tendance
tendences1248083tendences
tenderly1245293tenderly
tenpence1246403tenpence
tenpenny1342343tenpenny
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 Limit146162556.64022012.3
3Display Results55550.0301833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691557.07625253.1
 
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