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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpreliminaries” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

14 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
preliminaries176250(None) 
preliminarily2091992preliminarily
preliminary1852673preliminar__y
eliminates1246974__elimina_tes
luminaries1246594___luminaries
predominances2093294predominances
predominancies2161954predominancies
predominates17125734predomina_tes
prenominates16166164prenomina_tes
preprimaries1872334pre_primaries
primaries13410834pr__im__aries
prolificacies22131654prolificacies
reliquaries2053364_reli_quaries
seminaries12410004_se__minaries

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 Filter178691950240.606294869.6
2DLD Change Limit95024147.95311948.2
3Display Results14140.016875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691148.57520838.6