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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 “acaricides” 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.

28 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
acaricides154394(None) 
acaricide1444411acaricide_
acaricidal1552472acaricidal
acariases1146613acari_ases
acarids105312243acar__id_s
acarines10314343acar__ines
acridines1247723ac_ridines
actinides12188323ac_tinides
algicides1344863a_lgicides
arabicizes2354643arabicizes
ascarides12346953ascar__ides
avarices1337183avaric__es
avaricious1552753avaricious
bactericides1962403bactericides
carbides133111693_car_bides
carices114220953_caric__es
fratricides1752583fratricides
larvicides1663213_larvicides
matricides1545983matricides
ovaritides1443973ovaritides
parricides1545553parricides
patricides1546283patricides
raticides1248693_raticides
scarifies1439603scarifi_es
sporicides1544443sporicides
uxoricides2052273uxoricides
vaticides1546603_vaticides
viricides1545803_viricides

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603285.72024580.9
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691286.13929107.5
 
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