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

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

22 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
horticulturists2010294(None) 
horticulturist1993561horticulturist_
agriculturists1793333agr_iculturists
citriculturists1972783citriculturists
floriculturists20102383flor_iculturists
horticultures1863613horticultur__es
mariculturists1873283mar_iculturists
sericulturists16133343ser_iculturists
viticulturists1972983_viticulturists
agriculturist1694214agr_iculturist_
apiculturists17133594__apiculturists
aviculturists18143524__aviculturists
citriculturist1873504citriculturist_
floriculturist19102864flor_iculturist_
horticultural1863144horticultur__al
horticulturally2372134horticulturally
horticulture1763304horticultur___e
mariculturist1764284mar_iculturist_
particularists1884304particul_arists
sericulturist15144234ser_iculturist_
silviculturists2082364silviculturists
viticulturist1863624_viticulturist_

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit43548222.08020936.5
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691222.37675206.6
 
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