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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 “facula” 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.

35 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
facula11291223(None) 
bacula103112691bacula
faculae123210351faculae
facular122810451facular
fecula113310051fecula
macula103013671macula
alula5317092_alula
canula8312972canula
fabular12288702fabular
facia103218462fac_ia
facial113615632facial
facile112514882facile
factual1246722factual
faculty1535572faculty
famuli1136762famuli
faucal11339962faucal
fauld95214492fa_uld
fault85428312fa_ult
fauna84816512fa_una
favela1237032favela
feculae12339202feculae
ferula93011172ferula
fibula11258052fibula
furcula1245802furcula
lacuna8118122lacuna
maculae113412862maculae
macular113011952macular
maculas113114022maculas
macule104115272macule
oscula837292oscula
papula103011122papula
radula749312radula
ranula6311812ranula
vacua10510462vacu_a
vascula1245852vascula

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 Filter178691825511.170152727.4
2DLD Change Limit82551356.75012229.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.93622516.5
 
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