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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 “nautilus” 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.

36 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
nautilus84407(None) 
cautious103110232cautious
nauplius1042902nauplius
nautili746112nautil_i
nautiluses1042662nautiluses
audiles83112613_audiles
autisms94311553_autisms
autists73814853_autists
autobus996513_autobus
bastiles10313353bastiles
captious122810573captious
cautions103313183cautions
dactylus1442473dactylus
dauties83315763dauti_es
factious13239243factious
incautious1243633incautious
nails55730403na__il_s
nairus639143na__irus
nargiles976793nargiles
nasties73520493nasti_es
nastily103011033nastil_y
nations74720563na_tions
natives10310823na_tives
nattily103610323nattil_y
nauseous844833nauseous
nautches1336083nautches
nautical1057703nautical
nautiloid1052883nautiloid
nautiloids1152133nautiloids
nubilous1044843n_ubilous
pantiles103617153pantiles
pastils94416173pastil_s
ramtils938413ramtil_s
rutiles74315843_rutiles
tantalus836373tantalus
yautias1046333yauti_as

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162368.64316911.0
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691369.07619688.3
 
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