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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 “canulae” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
canulae931118(None) 
cannulae1046491cannulae
canula8312961canula_
canular9310321canular
canulas9312851canulas
canulate10314551canulate
alulae6312742_alulae
candle94321482candl_e
cannula937432cannula_
cannular1046282cannular
cannulas1037582cannulas
cannulate1148632cannulate
canola8313622canola_
canolas9313992canolas
cantle84522152cantl_e
canulated12310672canulated
canulates11312872canulates
copulae112810612copulae
cupulae11347852cupulae
faculae123210352faculae
lunulae735612lunulae
maculae113412862maculae
papulae11249352papulae
planulae1044792planulae
radulae837962radulae
ranula6311812ranula_
ranular739432ranular
ranulas7311772ranulas
scapulae1255432scapulae
zonulae1645962zonulae

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671303.64029579.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.03244318.2
 
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