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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 “rapacious” 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.

38 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
rapacious134524(None) 
capacious1546601capacious
rapaciously1854662rapaciously
sagacious1244672sagacious
salacious1147112salacious
spacious1237812_spacious
apiaceous1344053_apiaceous
araceous1049183_araceous
audacious1244673audacious
bodacious1443993bodacious
capaciously2054953capaciously
capacitors1643593capacitors
capricious1644223capricious
captious122810573cap_tious
drupaceous1551933drupaceous
edacious1146023_edacious
fabaceous1643073fabaceous
fallacious1543333fallacious
fugacious1543613fugacious
gracious1138593_gracious
malarious1147043malarious
malicious1346043malicious
minacious1346183minacious
papacies1439483papaci_es
predacious1544773predacious
rampageous1551943rampageous
rapacities1446543rapacities
rapacity1544983rapaci_ty
rapturous1144063rapturous
raucous938303ra_uc_ous
rosaceous1144243rosaceous
sapajous1744833sapa_jous
specious1247483_specious
tenacious1146423tenacious
vagarious1344613vagarious
veracious1447123veracious
vivacious1743923vivacious
voracious1445503voracious

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 Limit148641386.86021667.8
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.29624491.6
 
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