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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forencyclopaedic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

10 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
encyclopaedic227158(None) 
encyclopaedia2371631encyclopaedia
encyclopedic2161841encyclop_edic
encyclopaedias2481592encyclopaedias
encyclopedia2271922encyclop_edia
cyclopaedia2162593__cyclopaedia
cyclopedic19133633__cyclop_edic
encyclopedias2371843encyclop_edias
encyclopedism2571573encyclop_edism
encyclopedist2391743encyclop_edist

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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874102.84623146.2
3Display Results10100.013769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691103.18556103.9