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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 “detainments” 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.

34 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
detainments148589(None) 
detainment1377141detainment_
detrainments1574651detrainments
attainments1353942attainments
derailments1446102derailments
detachments1954592detachments
detrainment1495382detrainment_
detriments1347362detri_ments
edutainments1552492edutainments
obtainments1553492obtainments
attainment1255013attainment_
containments1655783containments
debarments1545853deba_rments
debasements1666173debasements
debatements1656043debatements
decampments2073523decampments
defacements1946073defacements
definements1747113de_finements
departments1645793departments
derailment1346873derailment_
designments1545123designments
detachment1845883detachment_
detainees10267153detain_e_es
detainers10269103detain_e_rs
determents131010313det_erments
detriment1249693detri_ment_
devilments1646383de_vilments
edutainment1452583edutainment_
eloinments1245993_eloinments
entailments1346353entailments
entrainments1465453entrainments
obtainment1454313obtainment_
ordainments1453543ordainments
refrainments1754003refrainments

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 Filter1786911216330.703254183.5
2DLD Change Limit121633346.17319704.0
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691346.88925938.6
 
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