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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 “varices” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

50 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
varices12331357(None) 
avarices1337181avarices
carices114220951carices
varies94330871vari_es
amices105018012_amices
apices104916262_apices
arises65233802_arises
avarice1238032avarice_
barites94322332barites
calices114321692calices
caprices1439892caprices
caribes113715642caribes
caries85147622cari_es
darics94314112daric_s
farces115223322far_ces
farcies125317882farcies
latices9313762latices
malices114316622malices
marines93928012marines
matrices12312082matrices
murices112612282murices
orrices9129362orrices
ovaries10312652ovari_es
paries84742512pari_es
parises94827182parises
prices104524542_prices
radices102314262radices
rices75536152__rices
saices84221802sa_ices
trices84826332_trices
vahines133410522vahines
valines104520212valines
valises103516262valises
variances14117362variances
varias95019902vari_as
variates111214982variates
varicose1346702varicose
varicoses1446652varicoses
varied104817862vari_ed
varier94619352vari_er
variers103712662variers
varioles11711122varioles
various103113102various
varuses10310622varuses
varves124414782var_ves
verites103822262verites
vertices13612282vertices
vices105725532v__ices
voices114414012v_oices
vortices1369122vortices

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671502.93636672.7
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691503.34553420.3
 
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