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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 “practicality” 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.

45 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
practicality215359(None) 
impracticality2561412impracticality
practicability2553322practicability
practically20410442practical_ly
criticality1854213cr_iticality
farcicality2153283farc_icality
partiality1546783p_arti_ality
practicably2254303practica_bly
practical1548843practical___
practicalities2053563practicalities
practicals1645543practical__s
actuality1445804__act_uality
arctically17410374ar_ctical_ly
classicality1952904classicality
cyclicality2052564_cyclicality
drastically1748944drastical_ly
erectility1546264erecti__lity
facticity1945954_factic__ity
factuality1843864_fact_uality
frantically1958414frantical_ly
gracility1546204grac_i__lity
grammaticality2471154grammaticality
impractically2454364impractical_ly
paradoxicality2971464paradoxicality
parfocality2152984p_arfocality
partibility1847114p_artibility
phatically20411314pha_tical_ly
physicality2453284p_hysicality
piratically18411224pira_tical_ly
plastically1849404plastical_ly
plasticity1765604plastic__ity
practicable1953834practica_ble
practicalness1953324practicalness
practicing1775584practic__ing
primality1687334pr___imality
principality2162664principality
prodigality18113664pr_odigality
punctuality1852964punct_uality
rascality1445994_ra__scality
rationality1458094_ra_tionality
spatiality1544404spa_ti_ality
tactically1749754_tactical_ly
tactility1446834_tacti__lity
tractability1947094tractability
verticality1955054_verticality

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790456.70318617.0
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.10925135.9
 
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