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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 “septarian” 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.

29 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
septarian114694(None) 
sectarian1147531sectarian
septaria1047411septaria_
sectarians1245832sectarians
septarium1345162septarium
apiarian1048323_apiarian
cercarian1346233cercarian
cesarian1048183ce_sarian
heparin12410433hep_ari_n
nectarean1142913nectarean
nectarial1147103nectarial
parian83223963__p_arian
reptilian1144633reptilian
riparian1047523rip_arian
sanitarian1047443sanitarian
seatrain847923seatrai_n
sectaries11312243sectaries
sectorial111110013sectorial
seminarian1256783seminarian
senatorian1046693senatorian
sextain14257103sexta_i_n
sextarii1543183sextari_i
sextarius1644213sextarius
spartan948333s_p_artan
spearman1244943s_pearman
stentorian1055223stentorian
suctorian11106503suctorian
unitarian947403unitarian
vegetarian1454433vegetarian

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641296.64322375.6
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691297.06325299.6
 
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