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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 “vexatious” 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
vexatious194410(None) 
vexations1937751vexations
venations12311722venations
veracious1447122veracious
vexation1838782vexatio_n
vexatiously2454362vexatiously
aerations9317903aerations
delations102616593delations
dextrous1646593dex_trous
edacious1146023_edacious
elations83719123_elations
enations83316903_enations
exactions1838923_exactions
eximious1743873_eximious
fetations12511383fetations
fixations1936353fixations
gelatinous1143303gelatinous
gelations102513093gelations
keratinous1443573keratinous
laxations1637623laxations
legations102711923legations
luxations1637273luxations
nefarious1243943nefarious
negations102811963negations
relations92418333relations
sedations10311253sedations
seditious1046493seditious
taxations1636863taxations
tenacious1146423tenacious
vacations141910553vacations
vagarious1344613vagarious
various103113103v__arious
venation11513503venatio_n
vernations13310333vernations
vicarious1445583vicarious
vivacious1743923vivacious
vocations141911423vocations
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 Limit148641387.39020113.8
3Display Results38380.0331151.5
 (SQL Overall)178691387.84622774.8
 
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