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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 “adherents” 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.

33 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
adherents134555(None) 
adherends1443261adherends
adherent1247781adherent_
adherence1564892adherence
adherences1664882adherences
adherend1343862adheren_d
adherently17103602adherently
adherers1296922adhere_rs
adheres11310162adhere__s
afferents1546012afferents
adhere10310333adhere___
adhered1239233adhere__d
adherer1137573adhere__r
adhering1338883adherin_g
adsorbents1352833adsorbents
advents11309473ad__vents
advertent1356593advertent_
adverts11308513adver__ts
afferent1447983afferent_
alterants979103alterants
aperients1178253a_perients
aphereses1466423aphereses
apheresis1475333apheresis
averments1449093a_verments
coherent13412473coherent_
deferents13269393deferents
dements103016623_d_ements
detents83615153_d_etents
efferents1545333efferents
gerents82612923__gerents
inherent11412793inherent_
referents12259643referents
rerents73319423__rerents

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641337.72019254.0
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.15921901.1
 
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