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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 “excitants” 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.

38 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
excitants186439(None) 
excitant1777351excitant_
excitons1746042exciton_s
executants1952692executants
incitants1196192incitants
enchants1347833enc_hants
equitant1746923equitant_
etchants1346023etc_hants
examinants1952783examinants
excipients2152723excipients
excitable2056243excitable
excitably2364493excitably
excitements2254283excitements
exciters1736323excit_ers
excites16310633excit__es
exciting1838023excitin_g
exciton1646083exciton__
excitonic2043253excitonic
excitors1746093excit_ors
executant1844113executant_
exhalants1963263exhalants
existents1644983existents
expectants2163583expectants
explants1737023ex_plants
exsecants1893403exsecants
extant132714753ex__tant_
extents142610173ex__tents
exultant1545483exultant_
habitants1445123habitants
incitant10810083incitant_
irritants944613irritants
militants1146713militants
octants9128733_oc_tants
oscitant1046903oscitant_
oxidants1643933ox_idants
reactants1146623reac_tants
sextants15287383sex__tants
visitants1244763visitants

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641386.65622331.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691387.10825139.4
 
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