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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 “anticaries” 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.

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
anticaries1241247(None) 
antiarins9413892anti_arins
antiparties1347562antiparties
antiquaries2056332antiquaries
antirabies1248412antirabies
actuaries1147573act_uaries
ancillaries1354573ancillaries
angaries9314393an__garies
animacies1348593an_imacies
antialien9410173anti_alien
antiarin8413913anti_ari_n
antiars7314623anti_ar__s
antibodies1346983antibodies
anticaking1747603anticaking
anticancer1454893anticancer
anticar9312663anticar___
anticlines1249363anticlines
anticrime1346643antic_rime
antiheroes1347183antiheroes
antiherpes1545413antiherpes
antilogies11410313antilogies
antimarket1656473antimarket
antimeres11410903antimer_es
antimonies12410583antimonies
antinomies1249363antinomies
antipathies1655373antipathies
antipyrines1654743antipyrines
antistories1149383antistories
antitrades1146533antitrades
apiaries10312733a_pi_aries
artistries1047273artistries
aviaries1139783a_vi_aries
intimacies1446413intimacies
intricacies1554473intricacies
janisaries1744783jan_isaries
janizaries2643503jan_izaries
laniaries9411223lan_i_aries
manticores1445753manticor_es
ostiaries948803osti_aries
sanitaries1049913san_itaries
urticarias1253803urticarias

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603417.86017888.4
3Display Results41410.42396.9
 (SQL Overall)178691418.70320532.1
 
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