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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 “sciential” 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.

36 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
sciential114632(None) 
scientism1345242scientism
scientist1147222scientist
scientize2044372scientize
accentual1343673accentual
achenial1348283achen_ial
agential958153_agential
biennial1065093_biennial
cadential1246393cadential
cental84420963_c_ent_al
central93114473_c_entral
cliental1045353client_al
demential1248693demential
essential946083essential
evidential1455453evidential
octennial1143253octennial
oriental848483orient_al
potential1148533potential
scenical1247133sc_enical
scenting113212813sc_enting
sceptical1545343sc_eptical
sceptral1244513sc_eptral
scientific17102123scientific
scientisms1444553scientisms
scientists1244963scientists
scientized2243623scientized
scientizes2144453scientizes
scintilla1153753sci_ntilla
sclerotial1253203sclerotial
sentential1047543sentential
sequential1954823sequential
sexennial1643483sexennial
societal1045723socie_t_al
splenial1047183splen_ial
triennial945063triennial
vicennial1443463vicennial

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641366.59622535.0
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691367.02925422.0
 
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