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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 “advertent” 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.

37 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
advertent135659(None) 
adherent1247782adher_ent
adverted1336102adverte_d
advertence1654442advertence
advertency1953232advertency
advertently1852912advertently
adverting1437222adverting
averment13311602a_verment
inadvertent1552712inadvertent
adeptest1145453ad_eptest
adherend1343863adher_end
adherents1345553adher_ents
adsorbent1243883adsorbent
advected1534533advecte_d
advecting1645113advecting
advent102613753adv___ent
adverse1145953adverse__
adversely1642843adversely
advert103215783adver___t
advertences1754053advertences
advertise1346103advertise
advertize2245383advertize
adverts11308513advert__s
afferent1447983affer_ent
alertest8310173a_lertest
aperient10715153a_perient
appetent1248083appe_tent
averments1449093a_verments
averted112211613a_verte_d
averter102410553a_verte_r
averters11249513a_verters
averting122512733a_verting
detent73624483_d_e_tent
divergent1447363divergent
overlent112715293_overlent
reverent112615093rever_ent
revertant12128003revertant

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641376.92321470.6
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.37524229.3
 
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