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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 “expediencies” 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.

38 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
expediencies245292(None) 
expediences2354271expedienc_es
expedience2254342expedienc_e_
experiences22106052experienc_es
inexpediencies2662162inexpediencies
excellencies2351993excellencies
expectancies2562243expectancies
expediency2553113expedienc__y
expediential2262743expediential
expedients2044143expedien__ts
experience2156443experienc_e_
experienced2353813experienc_ed
experiencing2452653experiencing
inexpediences25123093inexpedienc_es
appetencies1753734appe_tencies
dependencies1854084dependencies
ebulliencies1651784ebulliencies
efficiencies2252524efficiencies
emergencies16124514e_mergencies
esuriencies1353824e_suriencies
excellences2252554excellenc_es
excrescencies2362004excrescencies
exigencies2045264ex__igencies
expectances2493344expectanc_es
expedient1945784expedien___t
expediently2453794expedien_tly
expedites1946164expedi___tes
experiential2163794experiential
impudencies1853634impud_encies
inexpedience24123444inexpedienc_e_
inexperiences24113934inexperienc_es
leniencies1246194__leniencies
obediences1544324_obedienc_es
pendencies1547024__pendencies
pudencies1445784__pud_encies
reexperiences2472294reexperienc_es
repellencies1663074repellencies
sapiencies1445124sap__iencies

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790387.47016705.5
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.88922650.7
 
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