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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 “geranium” 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.

43 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
geranium114705(None) 
geraniums1245251geraniums
germanium1445021germanium
cranium11911102_cranium
geranial949282geranial
geraniol945142geraniol
germaniums1543872germaniums
granum9310912g_ran_um
uranium9610022_uranium
aerobium1246303aerobium
ageratum1143463agera_tum
cerium10313773cer__ium
craniums1297913_craniums
erbium1038083_er_bium
fermium1446353fer_mium
francium1545623_francium
genius74512923ge__nius
geranials1045913geranials
geraniols1044743geraniols
gerenuk1243843geren_uk
germanic1367503germani_c
germanize2148263germanize
gonium949803g__onium
grandam1139393g_randam
granita82111303g_ranita
granite82017083g_ranite
herbarium1644843herbarium
meconium1447313meconium
melanism1239363melanism
peponium1467493peponium
peridium1349023peridium
perineum1246523perineum
radium93513293__radium
selenium1048203selenium
teratism10312173teratism
terbium1147293ter_bium
terrarium1145353terrarium
titanium1046033titanium
uranism91112513_uranism
uraniums10117163_uraniums
veganism1446443veganism
velarium1347073velarium
veratrum1344313veratrum

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 Limit146162438.54617103.0
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691438.98519887.7
 
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