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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 “vicarage” 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
vicarage144443(None) 
vicarages1574431vicarages
vicarate1378601vicarate
vicarates1487622vicarates
vicariate1476352vicariate
vicinage1444002vicinage
bigarade1244763bigarade
carafe115416163__carafe
carate84734003__carate
carnage10311743__carnage
cartage10312593__cartage
cicadae1244853cicada_e
disparage1346203disparage
garage8314513__garage
mirage92313653mi__rage
picara10311903picara__
picaras11311283picara_s
picrate112014143pic_rate
scalage103110533_scalage
vibrate122811523vi_brate
vicar10513863vicar___
vicarial1347793vicarial
vicariance1752733vicariance
vicariant1446463vicariant
vicariates1565533vicariates
vicarly1536463vicar_ly
vicars11712263vicar__s
vicinages1544073vicinages
village113610833vi_llage
vintage11128143vi_ntage
virago1046643vi__rago
visage1049083vi__sage
vizirate2045353vizirate

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162336.64022012.3
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.07625253.1
 
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