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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 “cercarial” 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.

30 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
cercarial134603(None) 
cercaria1246961cercaria_
cercariae1345701cercariae
cercarian1346231cercarian
cercarias1346881cercarias
cercarians1444782cercarians
herbarial1465382herbarial
mercurial1354732mercurial
bursarial1154003bursarial
calcaria1249543calcaria_
calvarial1445693calvarial
carceral1247203carcer_al
censorial11117503censorial
centurial1147953centurial
ceramal1138843cer_a_mal
cercal10314123cerc___al
cerebral1266183cerebr_al
cesarian1048183ce_sarian
circadian1443693circadian
cranial92114683c_r_anial
cursorial1144603cursorial
decrial10310323de_c_rial
geranial949283ger_anial
herbaria1346093herbaria_
mercurials1453073mercurials
nectarial1147103nectarial
pericardial1653623pericardial
sacrarial1146523sacrarial
terraria847013terraria_
vicarial1347793_vicarial

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641308.48317522.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.96919923.2
 
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