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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 “cercus” 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.

42 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
cercus10501315(None) 
cercis104614491cercis
cereus85215521cereus
cerous85821201cerous
circus104310591circus
acerous9513332acerous
apercus1136572apercus
arcus76918862_arcus
carpus105514302carpus
caucus1039612caucus
cecum11611842ce_cum
census84310302census
cercal10314122cercal
cerci93716392cerc_i
ceres75540012cer_es
cerias83321982cerias
cerium10313762cerium
ceriums1139472ceriums
ceros74726072cer_os
certes84623082certes
ceruse83914522cer_use
cestus84412912cestus
circusy14374592circusy
cirrus8349172cirrus
coccus979282coccus
coerces11311942coerces
cornus84816562cornus
corpus106015292corpus
crocus104813172crocus
crus65828482c_r_us
cuscus1038112cuscus
ecrus75113862ecr_us
ecus65421462_e_cus
merces105720742merces
mercs96020452merc_s
percuss1137162percuss
perdus93711272perdus
serous65023562serous
terces83921412terces
versus94211142versus
vertus94613602vertus
xerus12313332xer_us

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551422.47033421.5
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691422.82663231.1
 
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