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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 “efficacious” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

26 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
efficacious215161(None) 
efficacies2052962efficaci_es
efficaciously2661632efficaciously
inefficacious2361032inefficacious
efficacities2252193efficacities
efficacity2352053efficaci_ty
ericaceous1453183e_ricaceous
officious1763873offi__cious
affixations2443854affixations
deifications18410654deifications
edacious1146024e___dacious
edifications1848694edifications
efficaciousness2561594efficaciousness
efficacy2152524efficac___y
fallacious1543334_fallacious
fugacious1543614__fugacious
inefficacies2262164inefficaci_es
inefficaciously289974inefficaciously
micaceous1544224__micaceous
minacious1346184__minacious
officiations2053504officiations
perspicacious2161394perspicacious
pertinacious1652804pertinacious
reifications17411824reifications
vicarious1445584__vicarious
vivacious1743924__vivacious

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819268.94016646.4
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691269.38919032.0
 
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