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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 “ascendent” 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.

37 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
ascendent124594(None) 
ascendant1245161ascendant
ascendents1344241ascendents
appendent1446272appendent
ascendants1343612ascendants
ascended1246512ascende_d
ascendence1594662ascendence
ascendency18123422ascendency
ascender1136732ascende_r
ascenders1235682ascenders
ascending1336282ascending
descendent1446282descendent
scandent1148492_scandent
accident13148183a_ccident
acescent1248013a_cescent
amendment1445463a_mendment
appendant1455733appendant
appendents1544403appendents
ascend9429733ascend___
ascendance15113963ascendance
ascendancy18122953ascendancy
ascendantly1752283ascendantly
ascendences16124143ascendences
ascends10388203ascend__s
ascent84519653asc___ent
attendant1045473attendant
candent10417363__candent
decedent12310213dece_dent
dependent1349113dependent
descendant1454063descendant
descendents1554143descendents
impendent1447223impendent
pendent10314723__pendent
scended11329873_scende_d
scending122610583_scending
splendent1246073splendent
transcendent1563713transcendent

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641378.51617454.3
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691378.70220534.5
 
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