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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 “captiousness” 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.

24 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
captiousness164748(None) 
cautiousness1447931cautiousness
capaciousness1955992capaciousness
captiousnesses1886932captiousnesses
copiousness1547802cop_iousness
factiousness1787792factiousness
anxiousness1847483_anxiousness
bumptiousness1954643bumptiousness
callousness1345823ca_llousness
canorousness1456803canorousness
capriciousness2054393capriciousness
captionless1552503captio_nless
cautiousnesses1687613cautiousnesses
curiousness1348983c_uriousness
facetiousness18106073facetiousness
fatuousness1446013fa_tuousness
fractiousness1856873fractiousness
incautiousness1654073incautiousness
piousness1147633__p_iousness
rapaciousness1756123rapaciousness
rapturousness1554283rapturousness
spaciousness1657513spaciousness
vaporousness1755533vaporousness
variousness1448503va_riousness

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.736242786.7
2DLD Change Limit95024244.70320205.0
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691245.45532757.3
 
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