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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 “polices” 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.

61 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
polices11311805(None) 
police102918561police_
policed123212231policed
policer113112681policer
policers12259991policers
policies122415661policies
polies84034581poli_es
pollices12410751pollices
bodices12710592bodices
bolides10515072bolides
calices114321692calices
cilices113814022cilices
codices12512582codices
colics104219902colic_s
colies84837052coli_es
culices113713122culices
cylices14359282cylices
helices12313722helices
holies94630032holi_es
iolites73819482iolites
malices114316622malices
molies84429512moli_es
notices9312282notices
novices1238222novices
olives94313952_olives
oolites72817842oolites
palaces114216462palaces
pelites93821992pelites
places104323702p_laces
plaices11411142plaices
plies74526512p_li_es
podites103014732podites
pogies94123542pogi_es
poises84226542po_ises
pokies125921332poki_es
poles75351002pol__es
policy133211512polic_y
polios84019722poli_os
polis74731162poli__s
polishes13711782polishes
polite83625072polite_
politer92417072politer
politest10312942politest
polities102722342polities
pollees93215332pollees
pomaces132712122pomaces
ponces104720842po_nces
ponies84833462poni_es
posies84431432posi_es
potiches1539202potiches
potlines10714212potlines
poultices1345672poultices
pounces114113892pounces
prices104524542p_rices
prolines102619692prolines
pumices1338272pumices
scolices1238732scolices
slices84022852_slices
solaces93116132solaces
splices113914382splices
voices114414012vo_ices

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671613.59329966.9
3Display Results61610.0331848.5
 (SQL Overall)178691614.01644494.8
 
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