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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 “ancienter” 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.

41 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
ancienter114539(None) 
ancient9514732ancient__
ancientest1255372ancientest
anciently1446142anciently
ancientry1443872ancientry
ancients1098972ancient_s
anointer837822anoi_nter
incenter102212092inc_enter
absenter1086773a_bsenter
accented13107773a_ccented
accentor12106133a_ccentor
accepter14144933a_ccepter
accipiter15133743accipiter
aliener71011193a_lien_er
ancestor1046853anc_estor
ancientness1353353ancientness
ancientries1354513ancientries
animater101512393an_imater
anointed938343anoi_nted
anointers937003anoi_nters
anteater8311603an_teater
antihunter1353863antihunter
ascender1136733asc_ender
assenter867703a_ssenter
augmenter1254123augmenter
center84421413__c_enter
concenter13312213conc_enter
decenter112412163dec_enter
enceinte1046263enceinte_
enceintes1145673enceintes
enchanter1446193enchanter
encounter1145183encounter
epicenter1395503epicenter
incented112412543inc_ented
incenters112510303inc_enters
inciter93113773inci__ter
indenter92311443in_denter
inventer112410843in_venter
orienter838313_orienter
patienter1145553patienter
recenter102715443rec_enter

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641417.37320160.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691417.81222873.9
 
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