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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 “secondary” 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.

29 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
secondary154319(None) 
secondarily1752082secondarily
seconder1137182seconder_
seconders1236952seconders
secondly1443662second_ly
decenary1446273decen_ary
decennary1543463decennary
feodary1444713fe_o_dary
legendary1442403legendary
pecuniary1652613pecuniary
seconal9310073secon_a_l
seconals1047053secon_als
second9411153second___
secondaries1454043secondaries
seconde1037413second__e
seconded1236363second_ed
secondes1138133second_es
secondhand1751003secondhand
secondi1044943second__i
seconding1337613seconding
secondo1044933second__o
seconds1038283second__s
secretary1444203secretary
sectary1238273sec__tary
secundly1443123secund_ly
sedentary1344463sedentary
seminary1398103semin_ary
senary93716073se__n_ary
zemindary2442673zemindary

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641297.28020417.7
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691297.70323197.6
 
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