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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 “confidence” 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.

37 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
confidence184706(None) 
confidences1946631confidences
coincidence1583602coincidence
conference1799012conference
confidante1644882confidante
confident1549382confiden_t
confluence1755342confluence
continence1489132continence
cofinance1645553co_finance
coincidences1683523coincidences
condense1179613con__dense
condolence1565313condolence
conferences1898813conferences
conferrence1896573conferrence
confidant1547623confidan_t
confidantes1754143confidantes
confidants1644813confidants
confide13310203confid___e
confided1537453confide__d
confidently2055003confidently
confider1438123confide__r
confiders1537483confide_rs
confides14310573confide__s
confiding1638333confidin_g
confine12315583confi__n_e
confluences1855103confluences
congruence1555073congruence
connivance1754253connivance
conscience1347053conscience
consistence1555673consistence
continences1588583continences
contingence16105453contingence
convince1547363convi__nce
diffidence2053183diffidence
incidence1447603_incidence
nonconfidence21103513nonconfidence
nonevidence1754083nonevidence

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 Filter1786911406030.673265514.1
2DLD Change Limit140603377.46618832.4
3Display Results37370.0331121.2
 (SQL Overall)178691378.17221866.3
 
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