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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 “macula” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 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
macula10301367(None) 
bacula103112671bacula
facula112912231facula
maculae113412861maculae
macular113011941macular
maculas113114021maculas
macule104115271macule
alula5317092_alula
canula8312962canula
faculae123210352faculae
facular122810442facular
fecula113310052fecula
lacuna8118122lacuna
mackle143716432mackle
macle96127002mac_le
maculate122815622maculate
maculed123510052maculed
macules114015132macules
macumba1573042macumba
makuta1236392makuta
manila84518302manila
manual8313462manual
maquila1844702maquila
masala8311812masala
maul64830722ma_ul_
mauls76524952ma_uls
mazuma1935602mazuma
morula8710472morula
oscula837292oscula
papula103011112papula
radula749312radula
ranula6311812ranula
vacua10510462vacu_a
vascula1245852vascula

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551342.31335690.0
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691342.65667278.2
 
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