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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpetrifications” 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.

10 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
petrifications214802(None) 
petrification2048811petrification_
certifications2147792certifications
gentrifications2175042gentrifications
nitrifications1986632nitrifications
petrifactions2083562petrifac_tions
prettifications22135182prettifications
purifications2047462p_urifications
verifications21159972ve_rifications
vitrifications2275962vitrifications

Search took 2 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 Filter178691273830.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit27383100.89330664.1
3Display Results10100.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691101.189150286.8