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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 “census” 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.

48 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
census8431030(None) 
censes83721801censes
aeneus61111142aeneus
cansos84915382cansos
cantus85117762cantus
casus76419252c_asus
ceases84427072ceases
cense75121402cens_e
censed94016322censed
censer84516582censer
censers94313902censers
censor84011292censor
censors93611842censors
censual937662censual
censure92310602censure
censures102211622censures
censused11184972censused
censuses10187542censuses
centas85020702centas
centos85920462centos
cents74730332cen_ts
centu76119412centu_
centum104012362centum
centums11398782centums
cercus105013152cercus
cereus85215522cereus
cerous85821202cerous
cess65326052ce_s_s
cesses84221362cesses
cestus84412912cestus
consul82312302consul
consuls92412312consuls
conus76726532con_us
ensue54013832_ensue
ensues63313812_ensues
genius74512922genius
genus65319832gen_us
lenses64620892lenses
mensas85115862mensas
menses84222452menses
menus75822842men_us
senses63923942senses
sensum849352sensum
tendus75111182tendus
tenses64722552tenses
venous93713192venous
venus84918902ven_us
versus94211142versus

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551482.34335233.0
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691482.70566059.5
 
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