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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 “imperviousness” 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.

25 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
imperviousness216331(None) 
imperiousness1756461imper_iousness
perviousness1747662__perviousness
impecuniousness2162023impecuniousness
imperiousnesses1955483imper_iousnesses
impetuousness1754333impe_tuousness
previousness1757053__previousness
amphibiousness23102774amphibiousness
compendiousness2282084compendiousness
deviousness1547274__de_viousness
enviousness1447654___enviousness
impervious1752964imperviou____s
imperviously2253104impervious__ly
incuriousness1556294incur_iousness
infectiousness1954304infectiousness
ingeniousness1456034inge_niousness
injuriousness2055444injur_iousness
nervousness1446034__nerv_ousness
perilousness1457794__perilousness
perviousnesses1957294__perviousnesses
preciousness1648474__preciousness
seriousness11410164__ser_iousness
speciousness1647554_spe_ciousness
spuriousness1467234_spur_iousness
unseriousness1356424unser_iousness

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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874253.42019261.4
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691253.76647448.5
 
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