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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 “salient” 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
salient741976(None) 
salients839561salients
sapient9415341sapient
alien56425582_alien_
aliens65619212_aliens
aliment9316702_aliment
client8316342_client
paliest93021612paliest
patient9617072patient
sagiest82617992sagiest
saint55147072sa_i_nt
salience10117902salience
saliency13125392saliency
saliently1245772saliently
salina64221122sali_na
saline65132702sali_ne
salines74029412salines
sallet63734542salle_t
saltant7316772saltant
saltest71916512saltest
saltiest83117722saltiest
sapiens9310172sapiens
sapients1037422sapients
sarment9318762sarment
satinet7325282satinet
scaliest101714402scaliest
shaliest111415062shaliest
silent64125842sil_ent
sklent103614352skl_ent
sliest66621962s_liest
solvent10310832solvent
splent84720192spl_ent
splint85223282spli_nt
talent6323322tal_ent
valiant10314622valiant

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671354.84322232.3
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691355.26533939.4
 
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