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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 “nescient” 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
nescient104871(None) 
nescients1145101nescients
descent102616292desc_ent
nascent9610522nasc_ent
nescience1356372nescience
prescient13411322prescient
acescent1248013acesc_ent
ancient9514733_ancient
ascent84519653_asc_ent
besprent1248033besprent
canescent13118763canesc_ent
crescent12711053cresc_ent
decent94023703de_c_ent
deficient1547023deficient
descant104315593desc_ant
descend11248153desc_end
descents112511203desc_ents
desinent9312963desinent
escheat12410413_escheat
esculent1047183_esculent
esurient849293_esurient
ignescent1245203ignesc_ent
lenient7313843le_nient
meshiest132911033meshiest
messiest103112423messiest
nastiest83615953nastiest
neediest92611303neediest
negligent1144193negligent
nerdiest92511163nerdiest
nerviest11188833nerviest
nesciences1446253nesciences
nesting84320443nesti_ng
nettiest83112433nettiest
newsagent1353553newsagent
newsiest11107483newsiest
nocent83217413n_oc_ent
nosiest73415673nos_iest
nutrient848353nutrient
omniscient1453613omniscient
percent113520603perc_ent
peskiest142610163peskiest
pestiest103018413pestiest
pestilent1148843pestilent
pschent1437413_pschent
reaccent1278573reaccent
reascent10411983reasc_ent
recent83630853re_c_ent
reorient8613473reorient
rescind10410393resci_nd
resent63833623res__ent
resident9313753resident
resilient9410113resilient
reticent10313293reticent
scent75831623__sc_ent
senescent1167793senesc_ent
sentient8313633sentient
testiest82715223testiest
vesicant1347503vesicant
vestment13109203vestment
zestiest173011103zestiest

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162608.39017421.0
3Display Results60600.0331818.2
 (SQL Overall)178691608.87620131.9
 
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