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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 “vacillating” 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.

30 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
vacillating174462(None) 
oscillating1443982oscillating
vacillatingly2261252vacillatingly
vacillation1645322vacillation
vacillations1744882vacillations
variolating1544942variolating
acidulating1544293_acidulating
acierating1348323_acierating
acylating1547573_ac_ylating
cantillating1565053cantillating
collating12312773__collating
decollating1545973decollating
facilitating1854013facilitating
jaculating2047303jac_ulating
maculating1549553mac_ulating
tailgating1244913ta_ilgating
titillating1243713titillating
vacating14310363vac___ating
vaccinating1945193vaccinating
vacillant1444733vacilla__nt
vacillate1456853vacillat__e
vacillated1654633vacillat_ed
vacillates1555723vacillat_es
vacillator1543503vacillat_or
vacillators1653333vacillators
validating1545843vali_dating
valuating1338653va__luating
variating13310953vari__ating
variegating1643213variegating
violating1337443v__iolating

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633304.54626756.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.95236084.6
 
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