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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcatechizer” 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.

21 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
catechizer264314(None) 
catechize2544471catechize_
catechized2743471catechized
catechizers2752231catechizers
catechizes2644341catechizes
catchier15329862cat_chi_er
catechise1644942catechise_
catechised1843112catechised
catechises1744912catechises
catcher143115823cat_ch__er
catecheses1743813catecheses
catechin1546813catechi__n
catechins1646643catechi_ns
catechism1844723catechi_sm
catechisms1944273catechisms
catechist1656803catechi_st
catechists1744463catechists
catechizing2853973catechizing
catechumen1951973catechumen
patchier15319663pat_chi_er
techier1269243__techi_er

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603215.96623567.4
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691216.42227824.8