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

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

19 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
secretaries134542(None) 
secretories1345941secretories
secretarial1353722secretarial
secretariat1354552secretariat
secretariats1452562secretariats
sectaries11312242sec__taries
decenaries1348123dec_enaries
excretories2052903excretories
feretories1348603fe_retories
mercenaries1555443mercenaries
nectaries1149823nec__taries
secondaries1454043secondaries
secrecies1346923secre__cies
secretary1444203secretar__y
secretes10410473secret___es
secretins11108463secret__ins
secretors1145843secretor__s
septenaries1375353septenaries
subsecretaries187933subsecretaries

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633195.33022820.5
3Display Results19190.0131461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691195.74931082.1