Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “tangence” 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
tangence114670(None) 
tangences1246441tangences
tangency1444561tangency
pangene102711962pangen_e
tangencies1345752tangencies
tangent8314992tangen_t
tangents938712tangents
tendence1148522tendence
tenpence1246402tenpence
absence1137713_absence
agency1237033_a_gency
agene65621583_a_gen_e
anglice1089213_anglice
cadence1239063ca_dence
exigence1846553exigence
faience1237513fa_ience
gangrene1044363gangren_e
ingenue847133_ingenue
lenience1048333lenience
mergence13137943mergence
nascence1256183nascence
pangen94115913pangen__
pangenes112612823pangenes
pangens103112063pangen_s
patience1247523patience
plangency1742803plangency
pungency1644093pungency
salience10117903salience
sapience12106613sapience
sentence1099863sentence
stagnance1243503stagnance
tanged84622493tange__d
tangelo837033tange_lo
tangelos935743tangelos
tangental1044783tangental
tangerine1048403tangerine
tangible1145603tangible
tanging93419523tangin_g
tangle74019953tang__le
tanrec837803tanre_c_
tanrecs934823tanre_cs
tendance1147523tendance
tendences1248083tendences
tendency1445493tendency
tenpences1346543tenpences
thence112010843t__hence
transgene1047953transgen_e
transience12128433transience
tuppence1444413tuppence
turgency1444833turgency
twopence1542953twopence
unfence1239193_unfence
valence1268773va_lence
vengeance1543853vengeance
vergence14128273vergence

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162556.67321903.5
3Display Results55550.0134230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691557.10625146.5
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.