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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 “octans” 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.

37 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
octans8141114(None) 
cotans81317921cotans
oceans81211001oceans
octads987331octads
octan71313481octan_
octane81411631octane
octanes91111391octanes
octant81216551octant
octants9128731octants
actins86321102actins
cans65050852_c_ans
clans75031012_clans
cotan71521782cotan_
cyans105714812_cyans
lochans1248832lochans
obtains939162obtains
ocas66729632oc_a_s
ocean71212962ocean_
octad81510652octa_d
octagons1144492octagons
octal71214722octa_l
octanol944742octanol
octanols1044552octanols
octave11157342octave
octaves12316962octaves
octavo11124782octavo
octavos12134482octavos
octets839402octets
octyls11135322octyls
organs7912912organs
ottars64112222ottars
outmans92413282outmans
ratans63819372ratans
scans74625102sc_ans
tans46154822__tans
titans63414912titans
witans93412932witans

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 Limit82551372.51632810.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691372.87562153.4
 
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