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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 “algicides” 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.

51 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
algicides134486(None) 
algicide1245561algicide_
algaecides1451932algaecides
algicidal1353022algicidal
regicides1345812regicides
acaricides1543943acaricides
actinides12188323actinides
albicores1343513albicores
alcades101011473al__cades
alcaides11117673al_caides
alcids94812293al__cid_s
algaecide1352293algaecide_
algerines1069083algerines
algidities1245953algidities
alginates10310123alginates
alibies9313323al_ibi_es
alidades1037003al_idades
alkoxides2182923alkoxides
allicins1049653allici_ns
altitudes10196583altitudes
anglicises1344403anglicises
anglicizes2243713anglicizes
arginines1047053arginines
atticizes2047663atticizes
deicides1249303_deicides
feticides1547003feticides
filicides1545943filicides
fungicides1752453fungicides
gallicizes2284833gallicizes
homicides1745853homicides
ileitides1045613ileitides
laicises1039573_laicises
laicizes1937403_laicizes
larvicides1663213larvicides
lipides103810623_l_ipides
logicises1256203logicises
logicizes2145933logicizes
matricides1545983matricides
medicides1556583medicides
miticides1447083miticides
ovicides1445463_ovicides
parricides1545553parricides
patricides1546283patricides
pulicides1446283pulicides
raticides1248693raticides
regicide1245923regicide_
salicines11310003sal_icines
silicides1247073silicides
suicides1139083_suicides
vaticides1546603vaticides
viricides1545803viricides

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641516.26623721.8
3Display Results51510.0301700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691516.70226662.3
 
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