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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 “vesperal” 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.

49 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
vesperal134488(None) 
vesperals1443931vesperals
vesper1138082vesper__
vespers1239032vesper_s
vestral104111012ves_tral
vestural1156472vestural
visceral1344682visceral
bespeak1544573bespe_ak
bespread1344183bespread
desperado1383233desperado
desperate12410843desperate
despisal1144673despisal
dispersal1246003dispersal
enteral73516453_enteral
especial1246293_especial
espial839543_esp_ial
estral64716513_es_tral
federal1148533fe_deral
general81010943ge_neral
gestural946033gestural
overpedal1543583overpedal
puerperal1342803puerperal
repeal84718293re_pe_al
reseal64819653res_e_al
respeak1335933respe_ak
respell947023respe_ll
respray1236503resp_ray
respread1135433respread
restoral8810983restoral
seral56336383__s_eral
several1039533se_veral
spheral1238423__spheral
spiral83715343__spiral
sporal82915453__sporal
tempera11329043tempera_
temperas12278233temperas
temporal1246333temporal
tessera736333tessera_
tesserae844793tesserae
vegetal1156303ve_getal
venereal1145093ve_nereal
ventral103612173ve_ntral
vertebral1472803vertebral
vesical12159813ves_ical
vespiary1642743vespiary
vessel937953vesse__l
vestal94615573ves__tal
veteran1039353ve_teran
viscera1235083viscera_

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162497.79618748.3
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691498.24821664.8
 
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