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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 “septennially” 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.

26 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
septennially175274(None) 
centennially1753572centennially
septennial1253732septennia_l_
decennially1753183de_cennially
perennially1654603pe_rennially
sequentially2483573sequentially
biennially1553524__biennially
centennial12134844centennia_l_
centennials13133534centennia_ls
especially1744994esp_e_cially
essentially1455124_essentially
eternally1247494_e_tern_ally
externally2045544_extern_ally
penitentially1854294penitentially
potentially1656804_potentially
sectionally1646824section_ally
segmentally1754324segme_ntally
semiannually1761514semiannually
sempiternally2061304sempitern_ally
sentential1047544sententia_l_
septenary1443734septe_n_a_ry
sexennial1643484se_xennia_l_
sexennials1752624se_xennia_ls
specially1647344s_p_e_cially
supernally1546774sup_ern_ally
triennially1453364_triennially

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790266.73318534.1
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.15524974.3
 
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