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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 “vermicide” 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.

34 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
vermicide178525(None) 
germicide1574261germicide
verbicide1784631verbicide
vermicides1894911vermicides
germicides1684112germicides
herbicide17114182herbicide
spermicide1753492spermicide
verbicides18104372verbicides
viricide1446422vir_icide
deicide1149403de__icide
feticide1447503fe_ticide
germicidal1652633germicidal
herbicides1884193herbicides
heroicize2345363heroicize
homicide1646463_homicide
larvicide1553143larvicide
medicide1447713me_dicide
parricide1445753parricide
pesticide1447283pesticide
regicide1245923re_gicide
spermicides1853313spermicides
vaticide1446863v_aticide
verbified18146013verbified
verified151510393ver_ified
vermiculite1853553vermiculite
vermifuge1851773vermifuge
vermilion1444333vermilion
vernicle1346433vernic_le
versicle1366583versic_le
versified16147593versified
verticil1366913vertici_l
verticils1446183verticils
viricides1545803vir_icides
virucide1443593vir_ucide

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641348.26617982.2
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691348.71820496.8
 
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