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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 “smectite” 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.

52 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
smectite124577(None) 
smectites1344621smectites
sectile9311972s_ectile
smaltite1046902smaltite
smectic1336612smecti_c
smectitic1543432smectitic
spectate12248832spectate
steatite8310582steatite
tectite9310582_tectite
cementite13147113cementite
ejective2037153ejective
elective13311003elective
emetine9712943eme_tine
erectile1039513erectile
erective13311833erective
hematite131612153hematite
metate82720533_me_tate
mimetite1247603mime_tite
orective1339353orective
pectate112214693_pectate
pectize20259913_pectize
petite84320653_pe_tite
recite83625113_rec_ite
sanctity1345593sanctity
secrete9311073s_ecrete
section92515663s_ection
seedtime1144183seedtime
selective1449523selective
septate9511873s_eptate
septime1138803s_eptime
sestine73017923s_estine
sextile1438573s_extile
sheltie10109913shelti_e
sienite7312713sie_nite
smaltine1037833smaltine
smaltites1145743smaltites
smartie9310173smarti_e
smelting11339713smelting
smite75224873sm___ite
sometime1246753some_time
speciate12209583speciate
specie10412223spec_i_e
spectated14236593spectated
spectates13228813spectates
spectre11297773spect_re
steatites939843steatites
stellite839533stellite
sternite8310543sternite
sweetie10157873sweeti_e
syenite1039773sye_nite
tectites1039993_tectites
tektite1136883_tektite

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162527.83018666.9
3Display Results52520.0301733.3
 (SQL Overall)178691528.28321573.2
 
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