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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 “ambience” 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
ambience145535(None) 
ambiance1446071ambiance
ambiences1545251ambiences
absence1137712a_bsence
ambiances1545712ambiances
ambient11310092ambien_t
ambients1246062ambients
audience1146582audience
abidance1346323a_bidance
absences1247673a_bsences
accidence1344613accidence
affiance1645653affiance
alienee71013153a_lienee
alliance1097273alliance
ambivalence2072093ambivalence
ambsace1355963amb_sace
ambulance1545073ambulance
amerce10310513am__erce
amice96122873am_i__ce
amine75835383am_i_n_e
ammine10314493ammi_n_e
amylene12106883amylen_e
apiece10510083a_pie_ce
audiences1246003audiences
eminence1247523eminence
faience1237523_faience
imminence15135193imminence
lambency1743213lamb_ency
lenience1048343lenience
mince95325233_m_i_nce
patience1247523patience
salience10117903salience
sapience12106613sapience
science1138793_science

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162347.73618893.7
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691348.15521911.8
 
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