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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 “ventral” 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.

30 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
ventral10361217(None) 
central93114471central
ventrals112910001ventrals
vestral104111011vestral
antral65719412_antral
benthal1247962benthal
cental84420962cent_al
centra84113882centra_
centrals102712032centrals
dental74319172dent_al
dentural948082dentural
dextral1577002dextral
enteral73516452_enteral
enthral103410932_enthral
entrap8710562_entrap
estral64716512_estral
eventual1144882eventual
general81010942general
mental84521602ment_al
neutral737922neutral
peytral1287502peytral
rental63922032rent_al
retral64419742re_tral
venal85523212ven__al
venereal1145092venereal
venial94218282ven_ial
ventail10310452ventail
ventrally1547252ventrally
vestal94615572vest_al
vestural1156472vestural

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671303.57630109.3
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691303.96945021.7
 
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