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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 “infernal” 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.

66 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
infernal118682(None) 
internal8414081internal
infaunal1143822infaunal
infernally1645262infernally
inferno1045602infern_o
infernos1145902infernos
informal1355642informal
internals9712722internals
interval11710452interval
antennal856353antennal
asternal858323asternal
cisternal11325743cisternal
conferral1446323conferral
conferval1745563conferval
deferral1244353deferral
enteral73516443enter_al
eternal72910893_eternal
external1577223external
feral85424653__fer_al
ferial94621253__ferial
fingernail1451683fingernail
hibernal1344403hibernal
imperial1249023imperial
inertial8411723in_ertial
infauna1044403infauna_
infaunae1143773infaunae
infaunas1143873infaunas
infer84215033infer___
inferable14411263inferable
inferably1749023inferably
inference14411023inference
inferential1457533inferential
inferior1156423inferior
inferred12248353inferred
inferrer11217443inferrer
infers93615443infer__s
infertile1248673infertile
infra838643inf_r_a_
infrugal1242453infrugal
inguinal945603inguinal
integral946783integral
interlap1048593interlap
interlay11310043interlay
intermale11712293intermale
intermat101114613intermat
intern64016543intern__
internally13410093internally
interne73218143intern_e
interned93016653interned
internee82718513internee
internes82721233internes
internodal1145873internodal
interns73116773intern_s
interrenal1049813interrenal
intervale12911583intervale
intervals12810133intervals
interwar1148263interwar
interzonal1946813interzonal
inthral10249463inthr_al
maternal1047803maternal
mineral9312733min_er_al
paternal1038333paternal
referral1144403referral
sternal73411913_sternal
supernal1039873supernal
vernal93514213__vernal

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit146162666.36022981.4
3Display Results66660.0302200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691666.56327227.0
 
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