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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 “inhibition” 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.

36 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
inhibition154534(None) 
inhibitions1644821inhibitions
exhibition2253832exhibition
imbibition1652542imbibition
inhibiting1645112inhibiting
inhibitive1854042inhibitive
inhibitor1444072inhibit_or
disinhibition1962613disinhibition
exhibitions2353653exhibitions
imbibitions1752383imbibitions
inanition947293in_anition
incitation12312223incitation
incubation1448363incubation
indication13312033indication
indiction1239813indi_ction
infixation2047533infixation
inhabitation1754323inhabitation
inhabiting1644293inhabiting
inhalation13107663inhalation
inhibin1244853inhib__i_n
inhibit1246883inhibit___
inhibited1544763inhibit_ed
inhibiter1444403inhibit_er
inhibiters1543693inhibiters
inhibitors1544003inhibitors
inhibitory1853283inhibitory
inhibits1345203inhibit__s
inhumation1567053inhumation
initiation10412103in_itiation
inquisition2053743inquisition
intimation12413043intimation
intinction1247783intinction
intubation1247773intubation
intuition947623in_tuition
invitation13410023invitation
prohibition1854263prohibition

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603365.90323818.9
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.32528251.5
 
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