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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcapitals” 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.

21 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
capitals1220944(None) 
capital112311521capital_
capitols12247331capitols
apicals1159922_apicals
cantals93919572ca_ntals
capias10318352capi_a_s
capita102913772capita__
capitalise1466712capitalise
capitalism1656302capitalism
capitalist1457882capitalist
capitally1646662capitally
capitate121712182capitate
capitol11258282capitol_
capitula1244982capitula
caporals1238922caporals
capstans1257242capstans
captans111612052cap_tans
caritas93316952carita_s
casitas93312042casita_s
lanitals837722lanitals
spitals93011592_spitals

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit121059214.26628377.6
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691214.43840263.9