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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forappertain” 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.

19 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
appertain134527(None) 
appertains1455271appertains
appertained1653522appertained
ascertain1144232ascertain
pertain92714962__pertain
afterpain1443393afterpain
appertaining1752513appertaining
appestat1246713appesta_t
appestats1344503appestats
apportion1347003apportion
ascertains1244263ascertains
asperating1349563asperating
certain92612213__certain
entertain947863entertain
pertains102113423__pertains
pretrain10310923_pretrain
superlain1148993superlain
superthin1446833superthin
uncertain1146203uncertain

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 Limit148641196.73322076.5
3Display Results19190.0161187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691197.17224915.1