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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forlecture” 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.

20 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
lecture914952(None) 
lectured11127231lectured
lecturer10136031lecturer
lectures101310161lectures
denture8311892denture
facture12108932facture
feature1039852feature
gesture839242gesture
hectare1238472hectare
lectern937032lectern
lector83514992lector_
lectors93415772lectors
lecturers11124232lecturers
leisure736692leisure
lettuce943322lettuce
picture1158612picture
secure8513532sec_ure
texture1497082texture
venture10311172venture
vesture10310372vesture

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911076710.780229091.0
2DLD Change Limit107671208.73612325.0
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691209.52918752.3