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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 “calescent” 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.

39 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
calescent1311822(None) 
canescent13118761canescent
coalescent1496651coalescent
acaulescent1553152acaulescent
acescent1248012_acescent
albescent1345462_albescent
candescent1556292candescent
crescent12711052c_rescent
incalescent1554152incalescent
opalescent1454742opalescent
acescents1345233_acescents
adolescent1355143adolescent
ascent84519653_a__scent
casement12311953case_ment
clement11313773c_le_ment
coalesce1245423coalesce__
coalesced1444553coalesce_d
coalescence1455093coalescence
coalesces1346043coalesce_s
coalescing1545163coalescing
convalescent1963123convalescent
crescents1367543c_rescents
dalesmen1146203dalesmen_
descent102616293__descent
evanescent1564103evanescent
ignescent1245203ignescent
maleficent1753543maleficent
nascent9610523na__scent
paleocene1345003paleocene
pearlescent1553503pearlescent
pubescent1545443pubescent
quiescent2055703quiescent
rubescent1345833rubescent
rufescent1444863rufescent
salesmen1047253salesmen_
senescent1167793senescent
talesmen1047013talesmen_
tumescent1345413tumescent
virescent1445883virescent

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641396.65622331.9
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.09525185.5
 
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