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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 “esperance” 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.

30 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
esperance134669(None) 
esperances1446251esperances
severance1447332severance
temperance1644812temperance
appearance1654063appearance
asperate10312373aspera_te
assurance1145293assurance
desperate12410843despera_te
elegance1146373e_legance
endurance1245243endurance
entrance10311333e_ntrance
epergne1046143e_pergn_e
eserine7415903es_erin_e
essence947673esse__nce
esterase849483estera_se
estrange9488893es_trange
expectance2363623expectance
experience2156443experience
exuberance2152573exuberance
impedance1644963impedance
iterance1049523_iterance
penance11313443__penance
prance104318573__p_rance
seance83716693_s_e_ance
securance1345873securance
severances1546783severances
spence103813793_spe__nce
temperances1754733temperances
tolerance1145983tolerance
utterance1145463utterance

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641307.78019105.5
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.24921662.1
 
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