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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 “tetrapods” 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.

33 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
tetrapods124474(None) 
tetrapod1145121tetrapod_
tetracids1245932tetracids
tetrads82910192tetra__ds
tetragons1045352tetragons
tetraploids1453702tetraploids
decapods1444623de_capods
hexapods2143403he_xapods
megapods1444903me_gapods
metrazols2043573metrazols
ostracods1253843ostracods
pteropods1444653pte_ropods
teapots939053te__apots
teapoys1235963te__apoys
terrapins1146183terrapins
tetrachords1752893tetrachords
tetracid1147263tetracid_
tetrad73612053tetra__d_
tetragon945273tetrago_n
tetralogy1344163tetralogy
tetramers1146463tetramers
tetraploid1354213tetraploid
tetraploidy1752923tetraploidy
tetrarchs14104303tetrarchs
tetras63017623tetra___s
tetraspore1253703tetraspore
tetraspores1353563tetraspores
tetrode839343tetr__ode
tetrodes939093tetr__odes
tetroxids1744283tetroxids
theropods1544963theropods
titrators948383titrators
tripods10359053__tripods

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641336.93621430.4
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.38824186.7
 
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