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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 “venture” 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.

41 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
venture1031117(None) 
denture8311891denture
ventured1238271ventured
venturer1137241venturer
ventures11311491ventures
venturi1037201venturi
vesture10310371vesture
adventure1344392adventure
ceinture1036312ceinture
censure92310602censure
centare93113702centare
centre84316642cent_re
century1237192century
denature938062denature
dentures9312452dentures
endure74014142_endure
ensure63416002_ensure
entire61617702_entire
enure53520222_en_ure
feature1039852feature
geniture946452geniture
gesture839242gesture
lecture9149512lecture
overture111511682overture
renature839322renature
tenure6311612ten_ure
texture1497082texture
velure939772ve_lure
vendue10419012vendu_e
venire93513692ven_ire
ventage11109622ventage
venter94218722venter_
venters103717732venters
venturers1245522venturers
venturis1138192venturis
venue84918212ven_u_e
venule94411762ven_ule
verdure11287772verdure
vestured1237462vestured
vestures11311042vestures
vulture1036762vulture

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671414.37624604.9
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691414.53239428.7
 
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