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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 “mental” 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.

73 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
mental8452160(None) 
cental84420961cental
dental74319171dental
meatal84114731meatal
menial84223031menial
mensal84615661mensal
menta74424421menta_
metal75427381me_tal
omental93210421omental
rental63922031rental
benthal1247962benthal
benzal1739642benzal
cantal84122032cantal
centai84814782centai
centals94317052centals
centas85020702centas
central93114472central
denial74720512denial
dentals83915392dentals
dentil74017882dentil
entail61114342_entail
festal94213562festal
fetal85623372fe_tal
fontal9313142fontal
genial74917612genial
genital849792genital
gentil74115122gentil
lentil64315392lentil
manta75629912manta_
mantas85725362mantas
mantel84317972mantel
manual8313462manual
meal65643172me__al
medal86221332me_dal
medial93819862medial
menad85918982men_ad
menials94015692menials
mensa75318672mensa_
mensae84114052mensae
mensas85115862mensas
mentally131010402mentally
mentee84121292mentee
menthol1236732menthol
mentor8414362mentor
mentum104511712mentum
mescal104113492mescal
mesial84818082mesial
meta65932412me_ta_
metals84520892me_tals
metol75917812me_tol
mezcal19367852mezcal
mortal84616852mortal
omenta83411722omenta_
penal75228372pen_al
penial84120892penial
pentad9313762pentad
pentyl1138812pentyl
petal76526892pe_tal
rectal84418142rectal
renal55929512ren_al
rentals74017482rentals
sendal73314992sendal
septal84513382septal
setal56430902se_tal
tectal83713252tectal
venal85523212ven_al
venial94218282venial
ventail10310452ventail
ventral103612172ventral
vestal94615572vestal
xenial133414902xenial
yenta83917042yenta_
yentas94614212yentas

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551732.53332590.2
3Display Results73730.0302433.3
 (SQL Overall)178691732.91961216.5
 
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