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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 “dalmatics” 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.

31 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
dalmatics144553(None) 
dalmatic1348691dalmatic_
dalmatian1244642dalmatian
dalmatians1343562dalmatians
dogmatics1544882dogmatics
dramatics1466922dramatics
haematics16157032haematics
acmatic13311703_acmatic_
alcaics1137023_alca_ics
almanacs1254443_almanacs
aquatics1945893_aquatics
aromatics13410903aromatics
basmatis1247343basmati_s
calmative1647033calmative
calmatives1744733calmatives
dalasis8810533dal_asi_s
demotics1338753d_emotics
dialectics1544213dialectics
dogmatic1447633dogmatic_
dramatic1369433dramatic_
fanatics1367183fa_natics
haematic151310223haematic_
haematins14147753haematins
hematics151712193_hematics
magmatic1548403magmatic_
palmation13310223palmation
palmations1438733palmations
palmitins1346953palmitins
pragmatics1745753pragmatics
sabbatics1543393sabbatics
thematics16188113thematics

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641317.18620684.8
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.63823395.0
 
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