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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 “applicable” 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.

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
applicable184437(None) 
appliable1545051appli_able
explicable2344342explicable
inapplicable2052932inapplicable
replicable1646622replicable
abdicable1685023a_bdicable
alliable1038433a_lli_able
allocable1345633a_llocable
amicable1438433a__micable
appealable1643853appealable
appeasable1644593appeasable
applaudable1851793applaudable
appliance1544503appli_ance
applicant1545443applica_nt
applicants1653623applicants
applicative2074713applicative
applicator1645103applicator
apposable1545603app_osable
appreciable1953843appreciable
approvable1963933approvable
explicably2653823explicably
implacable1844613implacable
inapplicably2352953inapplicably
placable14169243__placable
pliable111610323__pli_able
unpliable1347813unpli_able

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603265.67024797.7
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691266.11029245.7
 
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