Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

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

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

42 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
somniferous165264(None) 
coniferous1545442co_niferous
seminiferous1762142seminiferous
luminiferous1761653luminiferous
odiferous1343943_o_diferous
omnifarious1651533_omnifarious
omnivorous1552503_omnivorous
oviferous1543723_o_viferous
seleniferous1562223seleniferous
soporiferous1761933soporiferous
stoloniferous1661303stoloniferous
vociferous1853183vo_ciferous
amentiferous1762094amentiferous
aquiferous2252764_aquiferous
armigerous1353174arm_igerous
auriferous1353714_auriferous
calciferous1852924calciferous
conifers133611704co_nifer__s
cruciferous1852474cruciferous
cupriferous1852364cupriferous
ferriferous17112634ferriferous
floriferous1752684floriferous
gypsiferous2061544gypsiferous
homopterous1853584homopterous
isomerous1184864isom___erous
lactiferous1652934lactiferous
luciferous1553164_luciferous
nonferrous1393744no_n_ferrous
odoriferous1552314odoriferous
onerous7312974_o_n__erous
pestiferous1653024pestiferous
ponderous1267274po_n_derous
salutiferous1571924salutiferous
sinistrous1053474s_inistrous
slanderous1144894slan_derous
sombreros1342044som_brero_s
sombrous1246614som___brous
sonorous8410414so_n__orous
sorcerous1145914so__rcerous
splendiferous1961734splendiferous
sudoriferous1681834sudoriferous
titaniferous1561514titaniferous

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819428.57617353.0
3Display Results42420.0331272.7
 (SQL Overall)178691429.03219784.2
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.