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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 “apostrophise” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 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
apostrophise196330(None) 
apostrophised2162141apostrophised
apostrophises2063071apostrophises
apostrophize2862391apostrophize
apostrophe1753752apostroph__e
apostrophes1854202apostrophes_
apostrophic2054542apostrophi_c
apostrophized3061812apostrophized
apostrophizes2962322apostrophizes
apostrophising22161683apostrophising
anastrophe1583694anastroph__e
anastrophes1693904anastrophes_
apomorphine2053784apomor_phine
apostatise1255254apost__atise
apostrophizing31181514apostrophizing
apotropaic1654404apo_tropai_c
atrophies14410094a___trophies
autotrophies1756034autotrophies
auxotrophies2453954auxotrophies
catastrophism2262214catastrophism
catastrophist2072644catastrophist
diastrophism2062634diastrophism
dystrophies2053764_dystrophies
epistrophe1773084epistroph__e
epistrophes1883444epistrophes_
exstrophies2353714_exstrophies
geostrophic1973854geostrophi_c

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790277.92315750.3
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691278.32621461.8
 
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