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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 “desists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

41 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
desists8361172(None) 
deists74916431de_ists
delists84414171delists
desist74818811desist_
resists74414921resists
assists738472assists
bemists113410702bemists
debits94214502debi_ts
degusts936062degusts
deisms94411042de_isms
deist64633592de_ist_
delicts104012252delicts
delist74625052delist_
demasts1089222demasts
demises103719562demises
demits94918072demi_ts
dentists939262dentists
depicts12358462depicts
desalts839572desalts
deserts82513052deserts
designs9328312designs
desires81316132desires
desisted1039782desisted
despises1139432despises
despots10319682despots
detests83711742detests
devests114410472devests
devises114116762devises
duelists966002duelists
exists134710912_exists
feists94915312fe_ists
heists96814632he_ists
insists739082insists
legists899592legists
persists1049182persists
relists73817052relists
resifts10378702resifts
resist64524532resist_
resits64725562resi_ts
sexists14267672sexists
verists103613672verists

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671413.68629210.8
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691414.10843498.3
 
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