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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 “esperances” 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
esperances144625(None) 
esperance1346691esperance_
severances1546782severances
temperances1754732temperances
appearances1753693appearances
asperates11312553aspera_tes
assurances1244693assurances
desperadoes1582583desperadoes
elegances1246183e_legances
endurances1344933endurances
entrances11310953e_ntrances
epergnes1156713e_pergn_es
eserines8413743es_erin_es
essences1047563esse__nces
esterases949633estera_ses
estranges10359983es_tranges
expectances2493343expectances
experiences22106053experiences
exuberances2252463exuberances
impedances1744503impedances
iterances1148913_iterances
penances12312443__penances
prances113618773__p_rances
seances93015343_s_e_ances
securances1445743securances
severance1447333severance_
spences113413923_spe__nces
temperance1644813temperance_
tolerances1245993tolerances
utterances1245083utterances

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603306.46621745.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.88825942.4
 
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