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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 “apetalies” 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.

47 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
apetalies114800(None) 
apetalous1144582apetalous
acetals93411353acetal__s
acetamides1543603acetamides
acetamids1443443acetamids
acetates102013063aceta_tes
acetifies1447133acetifies
alkalies12158543a_lkalies
anomalies1149283anomalies
apathies1339003apat_hies
aperies9423203ape__ries
apetaly1237253apetal__y
aphyllies1743813aphyllies
apiaries10312723ap_iaries
apogamies1445323apogamies
apostacies1445603apostacies
apostasies1245583apostasies
applies11311213ap__plies
ataxies142410013a__taxies
capitalise1466713capitalise
capitalises1586273capitalises
capitalizes2466913capitalizes
dietaries10410663dietaries
epitaxies1845193epitaxies
mealies92821933_me_alies
metalise10416053_metalise
metalises11315073_metalises
metalizes20414243_metalizes
papeteries1446553papeteries
peavies122213403_pe_avies
pedalier1137603_pedalier
pedaliers1245183_pedaliers
penalise101013763_penalise
penalises11912773_penalises
penalizes20911853_penalizes
penalties11139513_penalties
petaled103614153_petal_ed
petaline10314883_petaline
petalled1138713_petalled
petalodies1344843_petalodies
petalous1058973_petalous
petals84719813_petal__s
petrales10312983_petral_es
pettles93916483_pettl_es
retallies939373_retallies
sympetalies1852663sympetalies
tetanies8513553_tetanies

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641477.34320242.5
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691477.81322871.0
 
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