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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 “cathodal” 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.

41 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
cathodal1415541(None) 
kathodal16153401kathodal
cathedral15104382cathedral
cathodally1953192cathodally
cathode1338992cathod_e
cathodes1439392cathodes
cathodic16126752cathodic
anodal72512123_a_nodal
apodal9289833_a_podal
athodyd1542693_athodyd
atonal6514023_at_onal
bathyal1544823bath_yal
cacodyl1543213ca_codyl
calendal1145383calendal
candidal12367743candidal
canthal12410053canth__al
cantonal1038903cantonal
caporal11410943ca_poral
capsidal1345623capsidal
catboat11412243catbo_at
cathead1338753cath_ead
catheads1438123catheads
cathedra14104773cathedra
cathedrae15104233cathedrae
cathedrals16113093cathedrals
cathedras15104823cathedras
catholic15158383catholic
cathouse1338863cathouse
caudal91611483ca__udal
choral115118493c__horal
chordal13449883c__hordal
cotidal1038463cot_idal
crunodal1142913crunodal
kathode1545733kathod_e
kathodes1646183kathodes
kathodic18114573kathodic
lithoidal1343753lithoidal
matronal1048113matronal
national8311533national
patronal1048653patronal
rational8412543rational

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162418.00018270.3
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691418.45221141.9
 
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