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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 “navicular” 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.

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
navicular144469(None) 
avicular13237281_avicular
naviculars1553411naviculars
acicular12218672_acicular
canicular1346472canicular
clavicular1752792clavicular
radicular1245882radicular
acicula11228133_acicula_
aciculae12267703_aciculae
aciculas12228563_aciculas
articular1179383articular
auricular1146323auricular
avascular1443743_avascular
avuncular1443323_avuncular
calycular1643493calycular
canalicular1551983canalicular
capitular1343783capitular
cuticular1345193cuticular
facular122810453fa__cular
fascicular1753303fascicular
funicular14114763funicular
macular113011953ma__cular
manipular1344233manipular
orbicular1344693orbicular
ossicular1144093ossicular
particular1457563particular
pedicular1445773pedicular
reticular1147113reticular
saccular1246903sa_ccular
spicular12238913_spicular
utricular1145783utricular
vascular1346303va_scular
vehicular1744283vehicular
vesicular1445473vesicular

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 Filter1786911486410.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148641347.31320325.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.73223110.6
 
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