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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 “ericas” 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.

34 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
ericas831546(None) 
erica7316541erica_
arecas84817442arecas
arias55438022ari_as
arnicas939542arnicas
bricks144614622bricks
cerias83321982ceri_as
chicas135916472chicas
cricks144316052cricks
edicts94911702edicts
epical10413392epical
epics95014282epic_s
eras45441502er__as
erects84116182erects
eructs83610792eructs
evicts11368552evicts
ferias95020392feri_as
fracas11311992fracas
micas96823052_micas
myricas1436752myricas
orcas75918622or_cas
picas94626522_picas
prices104524542prices
pricks144414262pricks
primas104418102primas
rias45540602_ri_as
rices75536152_rices
ricks115126132_ricks
spicas104715822spicas
triacs83913222triacs
trices84826332trices
tricks125319012tricks
veritas103012752veritas
wricks154610622wricks

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551342.48333246.5
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691342.82663231.1
 
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