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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 “nationals” 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.

63 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
nationals94886(None) 
national8311531national_
rationals949941rationals
nationalise111910482nationalise
nationalism131910372nationalism
nationalist111412162nationalist
nationally1348422nationally
nations74720562nation__s
notional849402notional_
optionals1145342optionals
rational8412542rational_
rationale949462rationale
rationales1049312rationales
ammonals1245403_ammonals
antimonials1356893antimonials
antimonyls1584223antimonyls
antiphonals1653693antiphonals
antipodals1355333antipodals
atonal6514023_at_onal_
binational1246373binational_
cations94524143cation__s
enations83316903enation__s
factional1478763factional_
irrationals1154723irrationals
kations114013663kation__s
laminals10339303lami_nals
latinas74416463lati_na_s
matinal9312603mati_nal_
matronal1048113matronal_
motional1058673motional_
nasions73112383nasion__s
nation64322803nation___
nationalised13197813nationalised
nationalises122910363nationalises
nationalisms14259793nationalisms
nationalists122010333nationalists
nationality14147933nationality
nationalize20169023nationalize
nationalizes21178613nationalizes
natrons73215663natron__s
naturals847903nat_urals
negational1147153negational_
nitinols844413niti_nols
nominals10278613nomi_nals
nonnationals1294893nonnationals
notational1048123notational_
notionally1347083notionally
notions74014483notion__s
nutational1047043nutational_
optional1047643optional_
ovational1246853ovational_
passionals1244803passionals
patinas96318523pati_na_s
patronal1048653patronal_
rationalise111910543rationalise
rationalism131910233rationalism
rationalist111812123rationalist
rationally1349423rationally
rations74123433ration__s
regionals10286413regionals
retinals85612963reti_nals
sectionals1247263sectionals
stational948513stational_

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 Filter1786911486410.1601116818.8
2DLD Change Limit148641637.87318879.8
3Display Results63630.0302100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691638.06322161.9
 
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