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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 “tensile” 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.

37 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
tensile7261273(None) 
ensile62616471_ensile
pensile92713541pensile
tensible1037241tensible
tensive10269911tensive
centile94217182centile
enisle63412092_enisle
ensiled82611432_ensiled
ensiles72714832_ensiles
extensile1645032extensile
gentile83515292gentile
penile82219602pen_ile
pensil83013332pensil_
pensils92811592pensils
pensive122610392pensive
resile64627672re_sile
senile63420212sen_ile
sensible1037852sensible
sessile739522sessile
tenable93214492tenable
tenail64516112tenail_
tenaille846812tenaille
tenails73713922tenails
teniae64517352ten_iae
tense55225842tens__e
tensely1037362tensely
tensibly1345142tensibly
tensilely1244122tensilely
tensing84616652tensing
tension7311802tension
tensity1039102tensity
tentie62521182tenti_e
textile1437222textile
tonsil6311872tonsil_
tonsils7310182tonsils
utensil7125212utensil_
utensils8124962utensils

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671373.39031761.4
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691373.75047650.9
 
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