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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search formedicinals” 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.

21 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
medicinals154314(None) 
medicinal1445081medicinal_
medicals1349362medic__als
medicinable1852452medicinable
medicinally1953282medicinally
medicines1447902medicin_es
mediaevals1651553mediaevals
medials103914733med__i_als
medical12312513medic__al_
medicants1466783medican_ts
medicides1556583medici_des
medicine1349543medicin__e
medicined1545113medicin_ed
medicining1643883medicining
medievals1553353medi_evals
medinas103411463med__ina_s
meridionals1451983meridionals
meticals12310763metic__als
municipals1652433municipals
officinals1852533officinals
semifinals1553223semifinals

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603215.84324063.5
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691216.28228444.9