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

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

13 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
distributor145355(None) 
distributors1553031distributors
distributary1862342distributary
distribute13145522distribut_e
distributed15144752distributed
distributee14124922distributee
distributes14135282distributes
distribution1555362distribution
contributor15153963contributor
distributees15143363distributees
distributing1654743distributing
distributions1665123distributions
distributive1853723distributive

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 Filter1786911216330.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit121633137.31016639.3
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691137.48323879.6