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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 “aspirants” 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.

43 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
aspirants114523(None) 
aspirant1048861aspirant_
spirants1088281_spirants
aspirata1054992aspira_ta
aspirate1039942aspira_te
aspirates1139612aspirates
aspirins1037732aspirin_s
spirant9814292_spirant_
aberrants1145853aberrants
affiants1445233affi_ants
affirmants1852763affirmants
alterants979103alterants
apparats1287093appara_ts
applicants1653623applicants
ashplants1443533ashplants
asparagus1242913asparagus
asperate10312373aspera_te
asperates11312553asperates
asphalts1344183asp_halts
aspiratae1143353aspiratae
aspirated1247703aspirated
aspirator1147283aspirator
aspirators1247003aspirators
aspirers1066493aspir_ers
aspires9612043aspir__es
aspirin937823aspirin__
aspiring1138873aspirin_g
assailants1052863assailants
assignats1044003assignats
assistants1053443assistants
assonants944243assonants
operants1039483_operants
piranas9912603__piranas
retirants947323retirants
sapients1037423sapi_ents
saturants946383saturants
spiraeas10286233_spiraeas
spirals93212513_spira_ls
spirits94112623_spir_its
spirts85317133_spir__ts
sprangs104610053_sp_rangs
sprats85819933_sp_ra_ts
sprints94113773_sp_rints

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641436.80021859.0
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691437.23324705.0
 
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