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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 “abolished” 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.

38 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
abolished154427(None) 
abolisher1443721abolisher
abolishes1446051abolishes
abolish12311502abolish__
abolishers1543182abolishers
polished1468432_polished
abashed1357663ab__ashed
abolishing1644233abolishing
abolishment18104243abolishment
abscised1364133abscis_ed
admonished1743033admonished
agonised10248483agonis_ed
anguished1443983anguished
astonished1443403astonished
atomised11278833atomis_ed
azotised1844443azotis_ed
banished14189063_banished
blissed10388373_b_lissed
blushed134411753_b_lushed
caboshed1634393cabo__shed
demolished1794523demolished
depolished17103613depolished
ebonised1136043ebonis_ed
englished1444273englished
foolisher1544223foolisher
idolised1045673idolis_ed
monished1438133_monished
obelised1136173obelis_ed
polisher1388073_polisher
polishes13711783_polishes
published1744343published
relished1239433_relished
repolished16114493repolished
stablished1644223stab_lished
stonished1345593stonished
toolshed1244213tool_shed
unpolished1643433unpolished
woolshed1553923wool_shed

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641386.84321721.6
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691387.26524596.1
 
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