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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 “pedestal” 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.

48 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
pedestal114640(None) 
pedestals1255201pedestals
pedestaled1442922pedestaled
podesta1036762podesta_
podestas1146852podestas
agrestal945653agrestal
bedesman1345083bedesman
bidental1146593bidental
celesta947643celesta_
celestas1057083celestas
celestial1146153celestial
crestal9312133_crestal
dental74319173__dental
distal73615773__distal
edictal1046993_edictal
egesta7428653_egesta_
eyestalk15123173_eyestalk
federal1148533fede_ral
fenestral1244113fenestral
festal94213563__festal
forestal11410283forestal
lodestar944413lodestar
medusal1035183medus_al
palestral1145323palestral
parental10310943parental
pedal86022503ped___al
pedes85327293pedes___
pedestaling1553723pedestaling
pedestalled1551973pedestalled
pedestrian1354483pedestrian
pedimental1556433pedimental
pedocal1237893ped_ocal
pelletal1045733pelletal
percental1348673percental
perusal939193perus_al
peseta8310573pese_ta_
pesetas938753pese_tas
petal76526893p__e_tal
polestar1047113polestar
postal84317533p__ostal
prerectal1345693prerectal
pubertal1254323pubertal
pudendal1242853pudendal
regental948953regental
segetal868383sege_tal
semestral1185293semestral
vegetal1156303vege_tal
vestal94615573__vestal

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162487.33019940.2
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691487.76323018.3
 
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