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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 “decency” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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109 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
decency153745(None) 
recency1438631recency
decadency1863672decadency
decenary1446272decenary
decent94023702decen_t
decently1448012decently
defence1339892defence
indecency1745382indecency
lucency14104902lucency
regency1337362regency
adjacency2491983adjacency
agency1237033_agency
ardency1346483ardency
cadency1545893cadency
clemency1743693clemency
cogency1547013cogency
deaconry1443323deaconry
deanery1137613deanery
decadence1555593decadence
decanal1038113decanal
decane93818873decan_e
decanes103118913decanes
decant93524223decan_t
decants103514443decants
decay114718483dec__ay
decease1049523decease
deceit93018213dece_it
deceits102810883deceits
deceive1337813deceive
decencies1448943decencies
decennary1543463decennary
decennia1144223decennia
decenter112412163decenter
decentre11248553decentre
decern91310953dece_rn
decerned1237263decerned
decerns10119053decerns
decoct11313783dec_oct
decoy115716313dec__oy
decry115514353dec__ry
decury1277963dec_ury
deedy104315893de_e_dy
deejay1734523de_ejay
deeply1257013de_eply
defect124816173defe_ct
defenced1537203defenced
defences1439633defences
defend113910493defen_d
defends12358773defends
defense1137503defense
deficiency2153113deficiency
defunct1345773defunct
deject164512843deje_ct
delegacy1543533delegacy
dement93825153demen_t
dements103016623dements
deny86027123d__en_y
depend103510923depen_d
depends11348993depends
descend11248153descen_d
descends12266983descends
descent102616293descen_t
descents112511203descents
detect94217403dete_ct
detent73624483deten_t
detente83313603detente
detents83615153detents
deucedly1543553deucedly
deviancy1754183deviancy
dezinc1836053dezinc_
dezincs1933753dezincs
dicey114819333dice__y
dioecy1235543dioe_cy
docent92918683docen_t
docents102810803docents
drench12369593d_rench
duecento1143563duecento
evenly1236993_evenly
fervency1944383fervency
fluency1545353fluency
keenly1336373ke_enly
latency1236033latency
leniency1345313leniency
licence11119373licence
lucence11148003lucence
nascency1543693nascency
patency1466313patency
peccancy1643953peccancy
pendency1646073pendency
potency1457433potency
pudency1544763pudency
recent83630853recen_t
recently1339433recently
recreancy1643783recreancy
redeny102712733reden_y
refence12312243refence
reticency1644573reticency
secrecy1444743secrecy
sequency2244493sequency
seventy1338033seventy
teensy9478273te_ensy
teeny85417883te_en_y
tenancy1237503tenancy
tendency1445493tendency
urgency1345663urgency
vacancy1744443vacancy
valency1565463valency
weensy12416823we_ensy
weeny115316163we_en_y

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1340271096.51620568.9
3Display Results1091090.0462369.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911096.96825644.5
 
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