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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 “potent” 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.

41 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
potent8422335(None) 
patent84524921patent
ponent82821591ponent
portent93619641portent
attent62818322attent
cogent9321002cogent
content94326152content
detent73624482detent
docent92918682docent
extent132714912extent
foment113718302foment
impotent1249532impotent
intent63122772intent
latent64124302latent
loment84021472loment
moment103319682moment
motet75641192mote_t
nocent83217412nocent
parent83230422parent
paten74827342paten_
patens84820862patens
patents94815202patents
patient9617072patient
pent66559072p__ent
poet65552902po_e_t
point75338732po_int
polenta9310092polenta
portend103411192portend
portents103512822portents
poteen83514262poteen
poteens92910882poteens
potence11711362potence
potency1457432potency
potently1347402potently
potmen102713092potmen_
protect11313632protect
protend104012792protend
protest9317532protest
rodent7519242rodent
stent55634512_stent
tent46159862__tent

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.57632046.2
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691412.93560882.8
 
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