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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 “gentile” 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
gentile8351529(None) 
centile94217181centile
gentil74115121gentil_
gentiles93713521gentiles
gentle74014511gent_le
agentive1248042agentive
centiles103615812centiles
centime114513032centime
denticle1137772denticle
dentil74017882dentil_
dentiled1039742dentiled
dentils84115582dentils
dentine83320242dentine
ensile62616472_ensile
entice81316862_entice
entire61617702_entire
entitle7610292_entitle
fertile10311732fertile
genie66124922gen_i_e
genitive1247642genitive
genoise839422genoise
genteel836752genteel
gentian8310102gentian
gentled9389092gent_led
gentler8378952gent_ler
gentles83714342gent_les
gently103710912gent_ly
gentrice1148812gentrice
genuine838372genuine
lentil64315392lentil_
lentils73912972lentils
pantile93918482pantile
penile82219602pen_ile
pensile92713542pensile
reptile93914082reptile
retile65929672re_tile
sectile9311972sectile
senile63420212sen_ile
sextile1438572sextile
tensile72612732tensile
tentie62521182tenti_e
textile1437222textile

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671423.11034620.9
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691423.48351303.8
 
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