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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 “extortionists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

26 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
extortionists207438(None) 
extortionist1975311extortionist_
abortionists1454973_abortionists
contortionists16103363contortionists
excursionists2282723excursionists
extortionate1962933extortion_ate
extortioners1952063extortion_ers
extortions1746473extortion___s
abortionist1356164_abortionist_
accordionists1861494accordionists
adoptionists1553924_adoptionists
contortionist15104424contortionist_
educationists1654344educationists
elocutionists1554314elocutionists
evolutionists16145714evolutionists
exclusionists2263334exclusionists
excursionist2173204excursionist_
exhibitionists2662514exhibitionists
exoticists1945824ex_o_ti_cists
expansionists2292734expansionists
exteriorises1954214exter_iorises
extortion1646724extortion____
extortionary2262694extortion_ary
extortioner1852654extortion__er
intuitionists1363894intuitionists
nutritionists1393704nutritionists

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024265.79616394.8
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.17228951.9
 
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