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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 “ethnohistorical” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

29 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
ethnohistorical2310180(None) 
ethnohistorian20121972ethnohistori_an
ethnohistoric2171802ethnohistoric__
ethnohistorians21111693ethnohistorians
ethnohistories2071853ethnohistori_es
ethnohistory21101564ethnohistor___y
nonhistorical1863824___nonhistorical
sociohistorical2281754sociohistorical
transhistorical2092134transhistorical
unhistorical1762874__un_historical
ahistorical1654055____ahistorical
antihistorical1972525_antihistorical
ethnobotanical217915ethno_botanical
ethnological1846815ethno___logical
historical1545925_____historical
prehistorical2063015__prehistorical
atheistical1654576ath__eist__ical
consistorial1454126_con_sistori_al
egoistical1354336e__go_ist__ical
egotistical1453166e__gotist__ical
ethnocentric1962806ethnocent_ric__
ethnographical2563216ethno_graphical
ethological1748196eth_o___logical
nonhysterical2162656___nonhysterical
protohistorian1972706protohistori_an
protohistoric2062796protohistoric__
theistical1545136_th__eist__ical
unhysterical2061846__un_hysterical
unrhetorical1761896__unrh_etorical

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 Filter178691950240.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit95024297.76612235.9
3Display Results29290.030966.7
 (SQL Overall)178691298.18621828.9
 
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