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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 “acantha” 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.

75 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
acantha125466(None) 
acanthae1343371acanthae
acanthi1244661acanthi
acanthus1343352acanthus
cancha134411612_cancha
canthal12410052_canthal
canthi11310972_canthi
acacia10311353aca_cia
acanthine1474833acanthine
acanthoid1553933acanthoid
acanthous1444423acanthous
acapnia1145913acapnia
aceta74017353ac_et_a
acta69524803ac__t_a
alant55742293alant__
alants67722023alant_s
amanita9310453amanita
amentia9310153amentia
anta46839583__ant_a
antra56521923__antra
apathy1437033apa_thy
aphtha1444483a_phtha
arcana8912583arcan__a
asana5315483asan__a
avant86224663avant__
canchas143212403_canchas
canna75919333_can_na
canola8313623_canola
cant66362033_cant__
cantal84122033_cantal
cantala94114673_cantala
cantata93811813_cantata
canted94825783_canted
canter85230113_canter
canthus1248713_canthus
cantic103920543_cantic
cantina93417253_cantina
cantle84522153_cantle
canto74931013_cant_o
canton85722993_canton
cantor85621523_cantor
cantos84826973_cantos
cantrap113310283_cantrap
cants77036943_cant_s
cantus85117763_cantus
canty105226803_cant_y
canula8312973_canula
centra84113883_centra
concha134213283_concha
contra83314703_contra
jacana1537933jacan__a
jacinth1954603jacinth_
jacinthe2052503jacinthe
jacinths2042733jacinths
maltha1137513_maltha
manta75629913_mant_a
mantra84116093_mantra
mantua84412023_mantua
maranatha1452953maranatha
maranta9311693marant_a
pyracantha2051363pyracantha
quanta153911333quant_a
scandia1038063scandia
scant79735073scant__
scanted104114393scanted
scanter94215183scanter
scantly12419553scantly
scants85219723scant_s
scanty114014663scant_y
scathe114414993sca_the
tantra63713363_tantra
vacant11415133vacant__
vacantly1644073vacantly
xanthan1736013_xanthan
yantra9449623_yantra

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 Filter1786911340270.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit134027757.23618522.2
3Display Results75750.0135769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691757.65223352.2
 
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