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

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

16 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
dentistry134249(None) 
dentist8316742dentist__
dentists939262dentist_s
antistory1248273_antistory
artistry1144453_artistry
baptistry1642163baptistry
density1137593densi_t_y
dentiform1543803dentiform
dentistries1253433dentistries
derisory1245163de_risory
deviltry1542983de_viltry
entity9312053_enti_t_y
identity1245373identi_t_y
ministry1385793min_istry
registry1244633re_gistry
tanistry1144543tan_istry

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641167.81319024.8
3Display Results16160.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691168.23621696.3