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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 “expertise” 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.

47 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
expertise184793(None) 
expertises1947101expertises
expertism2045431expertism
expertize2746581expertize
exercise1747062ex_ercise
exertive1839082ex_ertive
experting1938052experting
expertisms21114492expertisms
expertized2944712expertized
expertizes28106012expertizes
experts1659062expert_s_
exsertile1644592exsertile
advertise1346103advertise
emperies12314563emper_ies
emprise11310723emp_r_ise
energise947333e_nergise
eternise8119663e_ternise
exceptive2345683exceptive
excretive2145143excretive
exercised1944633ex_ercised
exerciser1844113ex_erciser
exercises1846463ex_ercises
exerting162211153ex_erting
exertion15310083ex_ertion
exerts133712293ex_ert_s_
exorcise1745933ex_orcise
expecting2146693expecting
expects1866883expect_s_
expedite1847263expe_dite
expedites1946163expedites
expense16127873expe__nse
expensive2145843expensive
expert15515353expert___
experted1838053expert_ed
expertly2044703expert_ly
expertness1944823expertness
expiries1747753expir_ies
expletive2144443expletive
exporting1937323exporting
exports1647983export_s_
exserting1736663exserting
exsertion1646853exsertion
exserts1467013exsert_s_
extermine1848283extermine
extortive1945143extortive
supervise1449283supervise
vespertine1544663vespertine

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 Limit148641477.01621186.0
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691477.45223978.9
 
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