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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 “arecas” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
arecas8481744(None) 
areas55935771are_as
areca75618631areca_
arenas65021991arenas
arepas85515701arepas
abacas104414722abacas
akelas10311192akelas
alecs76620732alec_s
amebas10311452amebas
arcs67834782ar_c_s
arcus76918862ar_cus
area45843392are_a_
areae55229742are_ae
areal55928732are_al
arena55323812arena_
arenes64928392arenes
areolas71013862areolas
arepa75615562arepa_
ares45871022are__s
aretes64425352aretes
arias55438022ar_ias
arnicas939542arnicas
aromas81018612aromas
arras55626132ar_ras
barcas101016602bar_cas
drecks13459202drecks
erects84116182erects
ericas8315462ericas
fracas11311992fracas
maracas11313772maracas
orcas75918622or_cas
precast11314852precast
precis103416702precis
recap95718022_recap
recaps103615732_recaps
recast83422772_recast
recks115625132_recks
recs65734182_rec_s
ureas55826012ure_as
wrecks15418882wrecks
zarebas1836302zarebas

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551414.22019561.8
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691414.59238913.5
 
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