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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 “apiaceous” 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.

33 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
apiaceous134405(None) 
alliaceous1252592alliaceous
araceous1049182a_raceous
piceous11310692_pi_ceous
pinaceous1345322_pinaceous
poaceous1267172_poaceous
apices104916263api_ce__s
apiculus1245413api_culus
apivorous1443663apivorous
arenaceous1253633arenaceous
audacious1244673audacious
capacious1546603cap_acious
ceraceous1346353ceraceous
cetaceous1344943cetaceous
coriaceous1444263coriaceous
epigeous1146533epi_geous
ericaceous1453183ericaceous
fabaceous1643073fabaceous
farinaceous1661923farinaceous
foliaceous1552553foliaceous
micaceous1544223micaceous
olivaceous1552133olivaceous
pileous9510523_pi_leous
piteous9310683_pi_teous
pomaceous1544473pomaceous
rapacious1345243rap_acious
rosaceous1144243rosaceous
saponaceous1552403saponaceous
sebaceous1343913sebaceous
setaceous1145323setaceous
spacious1237813sp_acious
tufaceous1442863tufaceous
vinaceous1444173vinaceous

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641336.28023668.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.71926594.9
 
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