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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 “adherable” 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.

52 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
adherable154500(None) 
admirable1445432admirable
adorable1138772ad_orable
alterable1149162alterable
achievable2042513achievable
adaptable1444613adaptable
addable11218843ad__dable
adhere10310333adher___e
adherence1564893adherence
admirably1743883admirably
adoptable1444753adoptable
adorably1446443ad_orably
adsorbable1542893adsorbable
advisable1544573advisable
agreeable1244653agreeable
alienable1146933alienable
alterably1447203alterably
amenable1238863a_menable
answerable1544153answerable
arable81821003a___rable
assurable1146013assurable
averrable14105413averrable
avertable14117343a_vertable
chewable1835443_chewable
coverable1649103coverable
dateable1149443date_able
durable102312723_d_urable
dyeable1337303_dye_able
enterable11312643enterable
generable1238663generable
hearable131611603__hearable
hewable15177823__hewable
hirable121612313__hirable
inferable14411273inferable
lacerable1346943lacerable
miserable1349653miserable
numerable1347623numerable
operable12410323_operable
orderable1246183orderable
overable13513573_overable
referable1439623referable
reverable14310363reverable
severable1438543severable
sharable131910693_sharable
shedable1437423_shedable
steerable1146913steerable
superable13312483superable
tolerable1147393tolerable
unhirable1447643unhirable
utterable1147153utterable
venerable1438483venerable
wadeable1437443wad_e_able

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641526.68622231.7
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691527.12525079.4
 
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