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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 “acescents” 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.

36 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
acescents134523(None) 
acescent1248011acescent_
accents113511232ac__cents
ascents93812552a__scents
crescents1367542crescents
descents112511202_descents
abetments1346073abetments
absents93510723a_bs_ents
accent105116263ac__cent_
accepts13356353ac__cepts
accidents14155133accidents
adolescents1453303adolescents
albescent1345463albescent_
aperients1178253aperients
ascendents1344243ascendents
ascends10388203a__scends
ascent84519653a__scent_
assents74512223a__ssents
averments1449093averments
calescent13118223calescent_
canescent13118763canescent_
casements1348583casements
cements112714223_ce_ments
concents122516603_concents
crescent12711053crescent_
descants112910143_descants
descends12266983_descends
descent102616293_descent_
ignescents1373383ignescents
nescients1145103_nescients
percents122713373_percents
precents123015043pre_cents
presents103315643pres_ents
reascents1177403reascents
resents74221223_res_ents
scents85317023___scents

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641366.70322175.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.87525991.4
 
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