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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 “septuagenarians” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
septuagenarians188110(None) 
septuagenarian1771221septuagenarian_
sexagenarians2162023se__xagenarians
sexagenarian2072224se__xagenarian_
centenarians1453745cent___enarians
nonagenarians1462185__nonagenarians
octogenarians1662015_oct_ogenarians
septenaries1375355sept___enari_es
septenarius1392735sept___enari_us
septentrions1472205sept___entrions
centenarian1364686cent___enarian_
equalitarians2263376_e_qualitarians
nonagenarian1362846__nonagenarian_
octogenarian1562376_oct_ogenarian_
planarians1245196__p_la__narians
sectarians1245836sect_____arians
seminarians1355146se____minarians
septarian1146946sept_____arian_
septenarii1252126sept___enari__i
septentrion1392316sept___entrion_
solitudinarians1671396solitu_dinarians
stagnations1244906s__t_ag_nations
vegetarians1553846ve____getarians
veterinarians1662806ve_t_erinarians

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024247.31312993.8
3Display Results24240.0131846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691247.68623248.9
 
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