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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 “tercel” 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.

35 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
tercel8361299(None) 
terce75721841terce_
tercels94110361tercels
terces83921411terces
tercet83624911tercet
tiercel9316201tiercel
carcel105018672carcel
cercal10314122cercal
excel1437742_excel
ferrel92810202ferrel
kernel104010592kernel
marcel103714852marcel
mercer105214202mercer
merces105720742merces
parcel103915472parcel
pencel103812912pencel
teasel63914982teasel
teazel15368542teazel
teel46335802te__el
tercelet1049882tercelet
tercets93512442tercets
tergal72912832tergal
termed94816702termed
termer85717252termer
terne56426152terne_
ternes65422902ternes
terret63425622terret
terse55026822terse_
tersely1038112tersely
terser67317822terser
thermel12569892thermel
tierce8339842tierce_
tierced10347052tierced
tiercels10344732tiercels
tierces93710452tierces

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551352.39034540.2
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691352.76364672.8
 
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