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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 “severance” 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.

40 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
severance144732(None) 
severances1546781severances
esperance1346682esperance
reverence14710162reverence
securance1345872securance
severable1438542severable
beverage1445143bevera_ge
deference1578493deference
deliverance17112813deliverance
deviance1477083dev_iance
disseverance1862303disseverance
elegance1146373_elegance
entrance10311323_entrance
esperances1446253esperances
governance1654033governance
iterance1049513_iterance
leverage1285393levera_ge
penetrance1444903penetrance
perseverance1961903perseverance
recreance1346993recreance
reference14810093reference
relevance14146433relevance
reverable14310363reverable
reverenced1676313reverenced
reverencer1575723reverencer
reverences1579173reverences
seance83716683s__e_ance
securances1445743securances
semblance1544403semblance
several1039533severa__l
severally1546243severally
severals1137593severa_ls
severalty1544073severalty
severe94016083sever___e
severing122013853severin_g
sewerage1245513sewera_ge
sufferance1853413sufferance
temperance1644803temperance
tolerance1145973tolerance
utterance1145453utterance

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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641407.83018983.5
3Display Results40400.0301333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691408.03322244.6
 
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