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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 “stances” 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.

71 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
stances9371596(None) 
seances93015341seances
stance84316911stance_
stanches132312791stanches
stanes64933401stan_es
chances145218092chances
dances95120652_dances
distances12311652distances
fiances12310672fiances
glances104113142glances
hances115621282_hances
instances1148752instances
lances84824102_lances
nances83618642_nances
nuances938522nuances
prances113618782prances
rances84625442_rances
saices84221802s_aices
sanes55649072s_an_es
sanies63031952s_anies
sauces84919502s_auces
sconces113811452sconces
seance83716692seance_
sonances10310262sonances
spaces104722632spa_ces
spancel1147362spancel
spancels1245272spancels
spences113413922spences
stables93219072stables
stacks124317262sta_cks
stactes91914632stactes
stades74626242sta_des
stages75629492sta_ges
stakes103927292sta_kes
stales65538292sta_les
stanch113812372stanc_h
stanched14208902stanched
stancher13198812stancher
stanchers14206812stanchers
stanchest14218212stanchest
standee83514512standee
standees93310142standees
stander84316162stander
standers93514302standers
stands75118052stan_ds
stane55933002stan_e_
staned74824642stan_ed
stanged94113852stanged
stangs75018172stan_gs
stanines85115672stanines
stanks104917702stan_ks
stanols739732stanols
stanzas1636362stanzas
stapes85028732sta_pes
staples93617212staples
starches131912912starches
stares66038752sta_res
starves104614552starves
stases64225562sta_ses
stashes103916172stashes
states64337082sta_tes
statices102712342statices
statues74614902statues
staunches1444602staunches
staves94525192sta_ves
stenches132110292stenches
stones65130032ston_es
stranges94516762stranges
taces76237802_ta_ces
trances93919642trances
usances967372usances

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671713.34332207.9
3Display Results71710.0302366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691713.74947663.6
 
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