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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 “pretentiously” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
pretentiously188378(None) 
pretentious13125592pretentious__
unpretentiously2071502unpretentiously
contentiously1854173contentiously
portentously1753453portent_ously
sententiously1663553sententiously
licentiously1753644_licentiously
pertinaciously2162214pertinaciously
plenteously1653764p__lenteously
precariously1954134pre_cariously
preciously1746984pr__e_ciously
precipitously2272884precipitously
precociously2153964pre_cociously
preconsciously2362094preconsciously
prestigiously1962974prestigiously
pretensions1347084pretensions__
pretentiousness1773274pretentiousness
preventions1648534preventions__
preventively2354704preventi_vely
previously1885864pr__e_viously
propitiously1954844pr_opitiously
rebelliously1762204_rebelliously
repetitiously1863044_repetitiously
retentions101611114_retentions__
retentively1746084_retenti_vely
tendentiously1762414tendentiously
tremendously1872154tremen_dously
unpretentious1561984unpretentious__

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit95024284.75020005.1
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691285.10934975.7
 
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