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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 “ventilating” 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.

30 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
ventilating154634(None) 
ventilation1448162ventilation
ventilations1547402ventilations
aestivating1545803aestivating
cantillating1565053cantillating
denitrating13128333denitrating
depilating1439193de_pilating
enfilading1543243_enfilading
ensilaging1243433_ensilaging
entreating11811553_entreating
epilating12310973_e_pilating
estimating1348883_estimating
estivating1447633_estivating
etiolating1146983_e_tiolating
eventuating1543253event_uating
festinating1547373festinating
intimating13410823_intimating
mutilating1349083_mutilating
vellicating1744563vellicating
venenating1446013ven_enating
venerating14410053ven_erating
ventilate1248383ventilat__e
ventilated1446363ventilat_ed
ventilates1347603ventilat_es
ventilator13115113ventilat_or
ventilators14105063ventilators
ventilatory17114123ventilatory
vesicating1646903ve_sicating
vindicating1844643vindicating
vitiating1338413v_iti_ating

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911216330.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121633306.31019276.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.71926594.9
 
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