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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 “geniculate” 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.

31 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
geniculate134581(None) 
geniculated1544641geniculated
denticulate1445512denticulate
gesticulate1445662gesticulate
paniculate1447212paniculate
pediculate1546612pediculate
reticulate12219782reticulate
vesiculate1547222vesiculate
aciculate132510803_aciculate
apiculate13279883_apiculate
articulate12410243articulate
auriculate1246493auriculate
denticulated1654393denticulated
ejaculate18187163_ejaculate
gesticulated1654543gesticulated
gesticulates1555043gesticulates
inoculate1149623_inoculate
manipulate1445163manipulate
orbiculate1445183orbiculate
peculate122414673pe__culate
pediculates1645683pediculates
penicillate1563053penicillate
recirculate1554703recirculate
reinoculate1354783reinoculate
reticulated14127783reticulated
reticulates13148873reticulates
spiculate132210163_spiculate
vermiculate1855723vermiculate
vesiculae1445203vesicula_e
vesiculated1745553vesiculated
vesiculates1646293vesiculates

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603315.83024117.2
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691316.24928595.1
 
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