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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 “cernuous” 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.

60 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
cernuous105501(None) 
cerous85821202cer__ous
corneous10310032corneous
tenuous738482te_nuous
acerous9513333acer__ous
acervulus1451693acervulus
aeneous739893ae_neous
arduous837613_arduous
arenous7314183aren_ous
burnous938823burn_ous
caribous1258823caribous
carious93320283car_ious
cavernous1444563cavern_ous
cellulous1144353cellulous
censors93611843ce_nsors
census84310303ce_n_sus
centos85920463ce_nto_s
ceraceous1346353ceraceous
ceratodus1243223ceratodus
cercus105013153cer__cus
cereus85215523cer__eus
cereuses1049243cereuses
ceriums1139473ceriu_ms
ceros74726073cer__o_s
ceruses93716233cer_uses
chromous15258343chromous
cirrous93111063cir_rous
coenurus1044133coenurus
congous103615083c_ongous
cormous11312353cor_mous
corncobs1444723corncobs
cornrows1345313cornrows
cornus84816563corn__us
cornuses10310033cornuses
cornutos1046053cornutos
crankous1435973crankous
credulous1243753credulous
croupous1245923c_roupous
cruors838643c_r_uors
curious93813563cur_ious
ferreous1146033ferreous
ferrous1049793fer_rous
heinous1038853hein_ous
mercurous1344473mercurous
nervous1037143ner_vous
perilous10310693perilous
pernods1038483pern_ods
pervious1337543pervious
sensuous845903sensuous
serious73616283ser_ious
serous65023563ser__ous
sinuous739063_sinuous
strenuous944863strenuous
ternions838813ternions
tortuous845903tortuous
venous93713193ve_n_ous
venulous1145713ve_nulous
verdurous1343683verdurous
verrucous1442953verrucous
virtuous1144663virtuous

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162608.11018022.4
3Display Results60600.0302000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691608.56320867.8
 
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