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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 “preliminarily” 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.

34 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
preliminarily209199(None) 
preliminaries1762502preliminaries
preliminary1852672preliminar__y
predominantly2162274predominantly
predominately2162324predominately
primarily1644674pr__im__arily
criminality1855225cr__iminality
criminally1746195cr__imina_lly
culinarily1553755_cul__inarily
elementarily1762725__elementarily
eliminating1445545__eliminating
elimination1348535__elimination
eliminative1654365__eliminative
ordinarily1453115or___dinarily
pecuniarily1851855p_ecuni_arily
plenarily1444675p__l__enarily
precipitantly2262495precipitantly
precipitately2262455precipitately
predominancy2282745predomina_ncy
predominating1964345predominating
predomination1896535predomination
preeminently1962365pre_eminently
prelimiting1645385prelimi__ting
preliterary1652695preliterar__y
premonitorily2062045premonitorily
prenominating1854695prenominating
prenomination17126755prenomination
presidiary1653285presidi_ar__y
presumingly1952285presumin__gly
previsionary2083305previsionar__y
prolifically2255485prolifica_lly
pronominally1954165pronomina_lly
rudimentarily1961605_rudimentarily
subliminally1951935sublimina_lly

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 Filter1786911247900.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit124790348.48614705.4
3Display Results34340.0301133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691348.93619996.8
 
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