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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 “setaceous” 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
setaceous114532(None) 
cetaceous1344941cetaceous
sebaceous1343911sebaceous
ceraceous1346352ceraceous
sericeous1146342sericeous
testaceous1253312testaceous
apiaceous1344053apiaceous
araceous1049183_araceous
arenaceous1253633arenaceous
cetaceans1343493cetaceans
coetaneous1254163coetaneous
cutaneous1144983cutaneous
edacious1146023_edacious
fabaceous1643073fabaceous
herbaceous1753023herbaceous
micaceous1544223micaceous
petalous1058973peta_lous
pinaceous1345323pinaceous
poaceous1267173_poaceous
pomaceous1544473pomaceous
predaceous1553943predaceous
rosaceous1144243rosaceous
sagacious1244673sagacious
salacious1147103salacious
sepalous1047523sepa_lous
sequacious2152653sequacious
setous64917373set___ous
setulous846913set_ulous
siliceous1145033siliceous
spacious1237813s_pacious
stakeout1247143s_takeout
stakeouts1344403s_takeouts
stannous846443s_tannous
tenacious1146423tenacious
tufaceous1442863tufaceous
veracious1447123veracious
vinaceous1444173vinaceous

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641377.84318952.1
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691378.28221575.8
 
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