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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 “crania” 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.

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
crania8241843(None) 
cranial92114681cranial
urania62516121urania
acrasia9310032acrasia
canid85526342c_anid
canna75919332c_anna
cardia9916382cardia
carina84325332carina
carnie84421092carnie
cranch133613532cranch
crane75331602cran_e
craned96121652craned
cranes84330752cranes
craniate10312562craniate
craning103620302craning
cranium11911102cranium
crank114819612cran_k
cranks125015312cranks
cranky153910632cranky
cranny114210272cranny
crasis85020472crasis
cyanic133110772cyanic
cyanid123912042cyanid
cyanin113911452cyanin
grana65722092gran_a
granita82111302granita
mania75634152_mania
raia46638382_ra_ia
rani46640112_rani_
ranid66429332_ranid
ranis55235832_ranis
uranias72113812uranias
uranic82315182uranic

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551333.58023058.9
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.92345549.6
 
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