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

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

18 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
percentiles154619(None) 
percentile1447401percentile_
percentages1653412percentages
centiles103615813___centiles
mercantile1453513mercantile_
peacetimes1643853peace_times
pendentives1753673pendentives
perceives1646303perce__ives
percentage1553973percentage_
percental1348653percental__
percents122713363percent___s
perceptible1953633perceptible_
perceptions1798153perceptions
perceptive1946803perceptive_
perfectives2145463perfectives
prentices131111903p_r_entices
preventives1945723preventives
serpentines1355293serpentines

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911216330.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121633186.48318761.8
3Display Results18180.0161125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691186.64226903.2