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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 “sacrificial” 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.

27 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
sacrificial185218(None) 
sacrificially2361442sacrificially
sacrificing1952322sacrificing
acritical1348143_acritic_al
artificial1553923_artificial
orificial1444373__orificial
pacifical1845233pac_ific_al
sacrifice16134533sacrific__e
sacrificed18133373sacrific_ed
sacrificer17133063sacrific_er
sacrificers18132223sacrificers
sacrifices17134413sacrific_es
surficial1444733s_ur_ficial
acronical1347834_acronic_al
critical12310264__critic_al
diacritical1673394diacritic_al
edificial1553584__edificial
magnifical1853104magnific_al
pacificism2152664pac_ificism
pacificist1953694pac_ificist
sacrarial1146534sacr__arial
sacroiliac1452134sacr_oiliac
satirical1146884sa_tiric_al
subcritical1753444subcritic_al
superficial1854404superficial
trifacial1444694__trifacial
uncritical1454984uncritic_al

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819279.25016088.5
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691279.70218418.0
 
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