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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 “electress” 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.

50 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
electress114612(None) 
electrets1146551electrets
electees10238722elect_ees
electresses1345972electresses
electret10412002electre_t
electrics1348002electrics
electroless1356012electroless
electrons112411762electrons
electros102811752electr_os
electrums1344482electrums
erectness1146122erectness
selectness1245452selectness
actress948533__actress
alertness946053alertness
directress1343103directress
editress944933e_ditress
eldress835003el__dress
elected102812613elect_e_d
electee92513243elect_e_e
elections112414973elections
electives1448933electives
electors103013863elect_ors
electric1249183electr_ic
electrify1744673electrify
electro92810033electr__o
electrode1247043electrode
electrodes1347283electrodes
electroed1247003electroed
electrojets2055263electrojets
electron102611413electr_on
electrum1245213electr_um
elects83315003elect___s
erecters102611613erect_ers
eventless1244603eventless
exactness1843623exactness
fleckless1842893fleckless
fleetness1244753fleetness
lecterns1035943_lecterns
lecturers11124233_lecturers
lectures101310163_lecture_s
pleatless1134613pleatless
plectrons13258073plectrons
plectrums1553033plectrums
prestress1138133prestress
relentless1043703relentless
restress82511773_restress
seductress1352253seductress
selectees1147013select_ees
spectres12268683spectre_s
victress1344523_victress

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641507.37620152.0
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691507.81222873.9
 
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