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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 “selenium” 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.

49 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
selenium104820(None) 
seleniums1145821seleniums
splenium1246471splenium
selenic9410662seleni_c
selenide9158862selenide
selenious946962selenious
selenite81713102selenite
selenous848972selenous
splenius1046032splenius
cementum1444693cementum
decennium1443783decennium
delirium1146583delirium
eluvium1244973_eluvium
gelsemium1481983gelsemium
geranium1147053geranium
helium112311253hel__ium
hymenium1874773hymenium
illinium1045163illinium
meconium1447313meconium
melanism1239363melanism
peponium1467493peponium
plenism11310113_plenism
plenum1039503_plen_um
polonium1248333polonium
rhenium1246243_rhenium
secundum1342923secundum
sedilium1145753sedilium
selenate81712523selenate
selenides10178193selenides
selenites91312083selenites
selenitic1156913selenitic
sensum849353s__ensum
serenity1168963serenity
sileni63312143sileni__
silenus7369693silen_us
silicium1286563silicium
solanum946403solan_um
solarium1078263solarium
solatium1067613solatium
solecism12107593solecism
splenia948313spleni_a
splenial1047183splenial
splenic1148663spleni_c
splenii945543spleni_i
sulfonium1443903sulfonium
syconium1545863syconium
telefilm1343453telefilm
telium82611393tel__ium
velarium1347073velarium

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162497.98318309.2
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691498.15521911.8
 
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