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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 “viricidal” 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.

33 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
viricidal154384(None) 
virucidal1552451virucidal
miticidal1444182miticidal
viricide1446422viricid_e
viricides1545812viricides
acaricidal1552473acaricidal
algicidal1353023algicidal
biocidal1344943bi_ocidal
biracial12107973biraci_al
deicidal1245713_deicidal
feticidal1544153feticidal
germicidal1652633germicidal
herbicidal1852723herbicidal
homicidal1743873homicidal
larvicidal1651783larvicidal
matricidal1553863matricidal
miracidial1552293miracidial
ovicidal1443923_ovicidal
parricidal1554013parricidal
patricidal1554113patricidal
regicidal1343733regicidal
sporicidal1553083sporicidal
suicidal1146073_suicidal
vaticinal1444573vaticinal
veridical1545983veridical
vicinal12268543v__icinal
virginal1244573vir_ginal
viridian1245103viridi_an
virilocal1452103virilocal
virucide1443593virucid_e
virucides1543273virucides
viscoidal1543173viscoidal
vizirial2043473viziri_al

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641338.46617557.4
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.92220028.1
 
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