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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 “cercaria” 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.

44 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
cercaria124696(None) 
cercariae1345701cercariae
cercarial1346031cercarial
cercarian1346231cercarian
cercarias1346881cercarias
calcaria1249542calcaria
cercarians1444782cercarians
herbaria1346092herbaria
terraria847012terraria
arcadia1039703_arcadia
caldaria1148953caldaria
calvaria1347893calvaria
caracara1247263caracar_a
carpalia1247263carpalia
cascara1138313cascar_a
cecropia1455153cecropia
ceramic1339823cer_amic
ceratin93020163cer_atin
cercal10314123cerca__l
cerci93716393cerc__i_
cercis104614493cerc__is
cerebra1155923cerebr_a
cerebric1444633cerebric
ceria75125353ce___ria
certain92612213certa_in
cesarian1048183ce_sarian
cineraria1145113ciner_aria
circadian1443693circadian
crania82418433c_r_ania
curara83712203cur_ar_a
curari84414403cur_ari_
curaris94114773cur_aris
gerardia1044673ger_ardia
herbarial1465383herbarial
kerria10339913ker__ria
mercurial1354733mercurial
mercuric1444393mercuric
oceanaria1152783oceanaria
pericardia1553723pericardia
ricercari1362333ricercari_
sacraria1047393sacraria
septaria1047413septaria
velaria1038923ve_laria
veratria1146363veratria

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162446.70321805.5
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691447.14225019.7
 
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