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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 “maternally” 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.

34 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
maternally154576(None) 
materially1548001materially
paternally1545861paternally
eternally1247492_eternally
externally2045542externally
fraternally1753492fraternally
internally13410092internally
laterally1248072later_ally
maternal1047802materna_l_
adrenally1344943_adrenally
aerially11911913_a_erially
arterially1347333arterially
atonally1148633_at_onally
bacterially18114963bacterially
carnally1339523ca__rnally
enterally12410013enter_ally
infernally1645263infernally
literally1248343liter_ally
marginally1654973marginally
masterfully1982713masterfully
material10314103materia_l_
materiality1656073materiality
materials11510793materia_ls
maternity1444983matern_ity
matutinally1653313matutinally
nationally1348423nationally
naturally1246523natur_ally
paternal1038333paterna_l_
rationally1349423rationally
supernally1546773supernally
tarnally1138273__tarnally
vernally1447823__vernally
waterfall1544583waterfall_
waterfalls1644763waterfalls

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 Filter1786911406030.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit140603346.51321588.1
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.32524394.7
 
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