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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search foraphthae” 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
aphthae154470(None) 
aphtha1444481aphtha_
naphtha1542922naphtha_
naphthas1643252naphthas
acanthae1343363acanthae
althaea1044353a_lthaea
althea938193a_lthea
amphorae1546263amphorae
antae56828293a_nt_ae
aortae65115473aort_ae
apache134210773apach_e
apathies1339003apathies
apathy1437033apath_y
apatite9312963apatite
apholate13410473apholate
aphthous1694853aphthous
apothece1543773apothece
apothem1444633apothem
ashtray13805553ashtray
naphthene1752873naphthene
naphthol1662403naphthol
naphthyl1951633naphthyl
phylae14458733_phylae
raphae114311733rap__hae
saphenae1344853saphenae
spathal1236263spathal
spathe115115693spath_e
thae76825563___thae

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 Filter1786911340270.203880251.2
2DLD Change Limit134027287.58017681.7
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.79622920.9