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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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172 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
silence931022(None) 
silenced1136281silenced
silencer1036301silencer
silences10310081silences
licence11119372licence
salience10117902salience
science1138792science
silane62718052silan_e
silencers1145292silencers
sileni63312142silen_i
silent64125842silen_t
silenter838872silenter
silents73514492silents
silenus7369692silenus
since75024172si__nce
sithence1344792sithence
sixpence1943542sixpence
spence103813792s_pence
valence1268772valence
violence1345712violence
absence1137713absence
alienee71013153alienee
balance11510263balance
bivalence16124603bivalence
blench133710453_blench
blende95413443_blende
cadence1239063cadence
cilice103213353cil_ice
clench133910053_clench
defence1339893defence
desinence1257513desinence
diene65720133di_en_e
diligence1344423diligence
divalence15135093divalence
eminence1247523eminence
essence947673essence
evidence1446563evidence
exigence1846563exigence
faience1237523faience
fence105319913__fence
fiance11310743fi_ance
fierce11348913fi_erce
filename1344353filename
finance1238583finance
fleece11369903_fleece
flench144010813_flench
flense938903_flense
glance94312313_glance
hence104920053__hence
ileac75814173_ileac_
insolence1147203insolence
lance75126723__lance
lense54523433__lense
licenced13145783licenced
licencee12116473licencee
licencer12146143licencer
licences12129333licences
license9148423license
licente91210893licente
lisente71210703lisente
lucence11148003lucence
mileage10299313mileage
mince95325233mi__nce
niece74814503ni_e_ce
offence1545353offence
opulence1245153opulence
pence94924453__pence
pestilence1454543pestilence
piece96717993pi_e_ce
pierce104010393pi_erce
pileate93815923pileate
pinene82915653pinen_e
plench134010813_plench
potence11711363potence
refence12312243refence
residence1268913residence
resilience1265623resilience
saliences11108063saliences
saliency13125393saliency
saline65132703salin_e
sapience12106613sapience
scalene9310773scalen_e
scene77220573s_cen_e
sciences1238783sciences
sclerae937933sclerae
sconce104711723s_conce
seance83716693s_eance
select82621173sele_ct
selenate81712533selenate
selenic9410663selenic
selenide9158873selenide
selenite81713113selenite
sene46848053s__en_e
sense55526823s__ense
sente56432883s__ente
sentence1099863sentence
sequence1946903sequence
serene63522353seren_e
sheenie10159493sheenie
sibilance1384713sibilance
sice65545603si___ce
siege66718443si_e_ge
sienite7312713si_enite
sienna647193si_enna
sieve84918843si_e_ve
signee73617233si_gnee
silage72715303sil_age
silanes72517163silanes
silencing1245053silencing
silentest948103silentest
silently1147483silently
silesia739083silesia
silex123417413sile__x
silexes1438653silexes
silica8311243sil_ica
silicle937753silicle
silique1645643silique
silken104410853silken__
silkie103313403sil_kie
silvae92811093sil_vae
silvics1235563silvics
sine46560633si__n_e
singe65731133si__nge
siree55238813sire__e
siren54525823siren__
sirens65318153siren_s
sirvente1145023sirvente
sixpences2043633sixpences
skene96118123s_ken_e
sklent103614353sklen_t
sklented1335053sklented
sklents11348163sklents
sleave94714153s_leave
sleaze152611863s_leaze
sledge85011303s_ledge
sleeve93411593s_leeve
slender83413603s_lender
slice74925823s_l_ice
slieve9359273slie_ve
sluice849513s_luice
solace83415823sol_ace
solvency1644023solvency
sonance9310313sonance
spencer113610973s_pencer
spences113413923s_pences
spense83912433s_pense
sphene113412403sphen_e
splenia948313splenia
splenic1148663splenic
splenii945543splenii
splent84720193splen_t
splents93912133splents
splice104915103spl_ice
spline86020533splin_e
stance84316913s_tance
stelene7310253stelen_e
stench114111163s_tench
stilbene1043613stilben_e
stridence1245103stridence
thence112010853_thence
tierce8339843ti_erce
unfence1239193unfence
valance1269253valance
valences1388513valences
valency1565463valency
violences1445493violences
virulence1444043virulence
whence14187933_whence
wienie9229973wi_enie
wince105220883wi__nce
xylene1645793xylen_e
yince105214253yi__nce

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 Filter1786911340270.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit1340271727.61017612.0
3Display Results1721720.0632730.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911728.07622126.2
 
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