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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 “pesticide” 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.

32 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
pesticide144728(None) 
pesticides1546721pesticides
feticide1447502fe_ticide
bestride1138613best_ride
deicide1149403de__icide
feticides1547003fe_ticides
germicide1574263germicide
herbicide17114183herbicide
medicide1447713me_dicide
miticide1347863_miticide
nematicide15124783nematicide
parricide1445753parricide
pastiche1546933pastic_he
patricide1446613patricide
pentoside1255373pentoside
pentoxide1944183pentoxide
peptide122910683pept__ide
plasticine1496113plasticine
plasticize2375993plasticize
poeticize2247523poeticize
postcode1346323post_code
postiche1547793postic_he
pulicide1347043p_ulicide
raticide1148943_raticide
regicide1245923re_gicide
spermicide1753493spermicide
suicide1038893__suicide
testicle1037443testic_le
testified1397843testified
vaticide1446863_vaticide
verbicide1784633verbicide
vermicide1785253vermicide

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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641327.95318689.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691328.13921954.9
 
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