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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 “rancorous” 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.

37 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
rancorous114528(None) 
cancerous1367532cancerous
canorous10310192can_orous
rancorously1653492rancorously
rancors9811372rancor__s
acerous9513333_a_cerous
amorous9311133_a_morous
anserous8410543_anserous
anurous7311553_an_urous
arborous1047723_arborous
cankerous1566053cankerous
chancrous1644873chanc_rous
clangorous1353313clangorous
dangerous1146103dangerous
decorous1138853_decorous
granivorous1552083granivorous
harborous1445483harborous
languorous1152643languorous
nonporous1147153nonporous
raccoons1265453racco_ons
racemous1246953ra_cemous
racoons93912433ra_co_ons
rancheros14255793ranchero_s
ranchos123911393ranc_ho_s
rancor8810373rancor___
rancored1137223rancor_ed
rancour987133ranc__our
rancours1076713ranco_urs
rapturous1144053rapturous
raucous938303rauc__ous
rigorous947373r_igorous
saporous1039053sa_porous
savorous1146603sa_vorous
sonorous8410413son_orous
traitorous1054763traitorous
valorous1147373va_lorous
vaporous1346483va_porous

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641377.37620152.0
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.81222873.9
 
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