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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 “cerebral” 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.

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
cerebral126618(None) 
cerebra1155921cerebra_
cerebrals1354831cerebrals
cereal8315832cere__al
cerebrally1744002cerebrally
cerebrate1348652cerebrate
cerebric1444632cerebric
cerebrum1443792cerebrum
vertebral1472802vertebral
cameral11311283came_ral
carceral1247203carceral
celebrant1347013celebrant
celebrate1348083celebrate
central93114473ce_ntral
ceramal1138843cer_amal
cercal10314123cer__cal
cercarial1346033cercarial
cereals9313173cere__als
cerebella1342903cerebella
cerebrated1546343cerebrated
cerebrates1447913cerebrates
cerebrums1542913cerebrums
cervical1546853cervical
corporal1248513corporal
corral83616253cor__ral
credal9311673c_re_dal
creedal1037093c_reedal
crestal9312133c_restal
crural8610633c_r_ural
deferral1244353deferral
deverbal1444483deverbal
federal1148533fede_ral
firebrat1348143firebrat
general81010933gene_ral
gerbera1034773gerbera_
gerberas1144963gerberas
herbal112513493her_b_al
peroral9314793per_oral
preoral9312673_preoral
referral1144403referral
rerebrace1345393rerebrace
retral64419743__retral
several1039533seve_ral
tenebrae1044873tenebrae
verbal112513663ver_b_al
vertebra1382563vertebra_
vertebrae1472953vertebrae
vertebras1482673vertebras

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 Filter1786911461620.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit146162487.70318974.7
3Display Results48480.0301600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691488.20321783.6
 
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