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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 “practicalness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
practicalness195332(None) 
practicableness2362702practicableness
practicalnesses2162952practicalnesses
criticalness1653503cr_iticalness
poeticalness1653453p_oeticalness
practicals1645543practical___s
radicalness1454583_ra_dicalness
factualness1652994_fact_ualness
fanaticalness1862734fanaticalness
fractiousness1856874fractiousness
franticness1643604frantic__ness
grammaticalness2271304grammaticalness
identicalness1662664identicalness
ironicalness1463084ir_onicalness
palatialness1453234palati_alness
paradoxicalness2771564paradoxicalness
pastoralness1453604p_astoralness
physicalness2272694p_hysicalness
practicable1953834practicable__
practical1548844practical____
practicalities2053564practicalities
practicality2153594practical_ity
practically20410444practical__ly
practicers1663594practic___ers
practices1557994practic___e_s
practitioners1761574practitioners
rationalness1254464_ra_tionalness
tyrannicalness19111684tyrannicalness
verticalness1754214_verticalness

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.340525561.8
2DLD Change Limit95024294.73620064.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691295.09235092.5
 
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