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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forincandescent” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

10 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
incandescent176321(None) 
incandescents1862131incandescents
candescent1556292__candescent
incalescent1554152inca_lescent
incandesce1552582incandesce__
incandesced1751812incandesce_d
incandescence1763192incandescence
incandescently2281732incandescently
incandesces1652572incandesce_s
incandescing1851782incandescing

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 Filter178691627170.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit62717101.79634920.4
3Display Results10100.016625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691102.14283422.5