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

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

59 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
police10291856(None) 
policed123212231policed
policer113112681policer
polices113118051polices
policy133211511policy
polite83625071polite
bodice11711422bodice
bolide9515562bolide
cilice103213352cilice
colic95726172colic_
colics104219902colics
dolce85816682dol_ce
folic105319322folic_
iolite63221982iolite
lice66045062__lice
malice104818482malice
moline84422032moline
notice8313442notice
novice1138432novice
olive84817152_olive
oolite63319602oolite
palace104516912palace
pelite84323002pelite
pice84641092p__ice
place94824612p_lace
plaice10311552plaice
plica9613372p_lica
plicae10410952p_licae
plie65127392p_li_e
podite93315352podite
podlike14108552podlike
poise75127892po_ise
pole65951302pol__e
policers12259992policers
policies122415662policies
polies84034582polies
poling93526502poling
polio75722552poli_o
polios84019722polios
polis74731162poli_s
polish114916722polish
politer92417072politer
polity113015862polity
pollee83623272pollee
pollices12410752pollices
pomace123111912pomace
ponce95222512po_nce
potiche1438042potiche
potlike13910122potlike
potline91015232potline
poultice1246062poultice
pounce105214092pounce
price93725412p_rice
proline92321592proline
pumice1238222pumice
slice74925822_slice
solace83415822solace
splice104915102splice
voice104915322vo_ice

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551594.59317973.2
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691594.71937866.3
 
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