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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 “petulant” 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.

53 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
petulant104879(None) 
patulent1048602patulent
petulance1354512petulance
petulancy1652912petulancy
petulantly1552942petulantly
postulant1147312postulant
pustulant1145022pustulant
ambulant1247163ambulant
debutant1146183debutant
eluant6315093_elu_ant
etchant1249823_etchant
explant16310133_explant
exultant1545483_exultant
feculent1346953feculent
gelant72821673ge__lant
gellant83214053ge_llant
insulant849883insulant
osculant1046953osculant
peasant9314923pe_asant
peccant13311733pe_ccant
peculate122414673peculate
pedant9319493pe__dant
penchant1549593penchant
pendant10314853pe_ndant
pennant9312493pe_nnant
penult8314653penul__t
permeant12310913permeant
pestilent1148843pestilent
petaline10314883petaline
pettling1168213pettling
petulances1444293petulances
pieplant1268733pieplant
piquant1848003piqu_ant
plant75437113p___lant
postulants1244963postulants
preplant12712913preplant
pulsant9310563p__ulsant
purulent1047613purulent
pustulants1253423pustulants
recusant1049463recusant
replant93318533re_plant
resultant946443resultant
retirant8313593retirant
rutilant848063rutilant
saturant8410643saturant
sealant73118303se_alant
setenant849933setenant
simulant1048083simulant
titubant1044613titubant
tremulant1144923tremulant
ululant747693_ululant
undulant946823undulant
wetland1135353wet_land

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162537.06320694.0
3Display Results53530.0331606.1
 (SQL Overall)178691537.51623774.7
 
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