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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 “filamentous” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

28 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
filamentous165140(None) 
filaments1446652filament__s
ligamentous1451252ligamentous
filament13410033filament___
filamentary1952353filamentary
flamencos1642423f_lamenco_s
nonfilamentous1971153nonfilamentous
ailanthus1252504aila__nthus
ailments1039434ail_ment__s
calamitous1443384calam_itous
fermentors1594234f_ermentors
figments1446944fi_gment__s
firmaments1744294firmament__s
fitments1376794fi_tment__s
flamenco1543194f_lamenco__
flamens124611064f_lamen___s
flameout1347994f_lame__out
flameouts1443924f_lame__outs
flamingoes16272864f_lamingoes
flamingos15293094f_lamingo_s
foraminous1543074foramin_ous
lamenters1137684__lamenters
laments94314854__lament__s
laminous1037954__lamin_ous
ligaments1246204ligament__s
medicamentous206554medicamentous
momentous13285774__momentous
pimentos1246234pi__mento_s

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148819288.03018532.9
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691288.51620983.0
 
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