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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 “elegiacs” 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.

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
elegiacs114405(None) 
elegiac1045451elegiac_
celeriacs1344112celeriacs
elegiacal1252132elegiacal
elegies81312902elegi_es
elegises9128822elegises
elegists9128112elegists
elegits8149342elegi_ts
elegizes18137102elegizes
alegars838933aleg_ars
alexias14249793alexia_s
celeriac1246163celeriac_
celiacs11157893_celiacs
clerics1149333cleri_cs
delegacy1543533deleg_acy
eelgrass942973eelgrass
elegance1146373elegance
elegances1246183elegances
elegancy1444383elegancy
elegant8311503eleg_ant
elegise8139393elegi_se
elegised10145923elegised
elegist81311973elegi_st
elegit71212893elegi__t
elegize17127383elegi_ze
elegized19145683elegized
elemis8312383elemi__s
emetics11610723emeti_cs
etesians845473etesians
eulogias946553eulogia_s
eyeglass1263333eyeglass
legacy1256653_leg_acy
legals73412733_leg_als
legions84611783_legions
legists899593_legists
legits71313003_legi_ts
logics95711123_logi_cs
pelagics1345553pelagi_cs
pleiads1045223ple_iads
telegas837443teleg_a_s
telegrams1244983telegrams
theriacs1336543theriacs

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162427.25320151.9
3Display Results42420.0301400.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.70323197.6
 
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