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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 “encephalitogensa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
encephalitogens23191421encephalitogens_
encephalitogen22141602encephalitogen__
encephalitides2262104encephalitide_s_
encephalitis1963615encephalit___is_
encephalitic2163376encephalit____ic
encephalogram2372286encephal__og_ram
encephalograms2471936encephal__ograms
encephalograph27142526encephal__ograph
encephalon1753686encephal__o__n__
enkephalins20112746enkephali____ns_
anencephalies20112917anencephali___e_s_
cephalins1666607__cephali____ns_
cephalothins2262357__cephalot_hins_
chalcogens1852997__c__hal_cogens_
encephala1653887encephal_______a
encephalographs28142217encephal__ographs
encephalography31132237encephal__ography
encephalopathy29111677encephal__opathy
enkephalin1973007enkephali____n__
nephelites1544827_n_ephelit__e_s_

Search took 10 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 Filter178691950240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit95024209.03310519.7
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691209.42218965.3
 
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