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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 “inspector” 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.

42 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
inspector134475(None) 
inspectors1444931inspectors
infector13478852in_fector
inflector1465352inflector
injector17236932in_jector
inspect1138462inspect__
inspected1445402inspected
inspection1446662inspection
inspects1255862inspect_s
bisector1245193bis_ector
dissector1245523dissector
impactor14265003i_mpactor
inceptor1246023in_ceptor
indentor9288513in_dentor
indictor1147463in_dictor
inductor1146333in_ductor
infecter13229153in_fecter
infectors14218553in_fectors
inflectors1545223inflectors
inflictor1444013inflictor
infractor1465943infractor
injectors18216723in_jectors
insect83916583ins_ect__
insectan1045393ins_ectan
insectary1444213ins_ectary
insects93710843ins_ect_s
inserter82312133ins_erter
insetter8218593ins_etter
inspecting1546223inspecting
inspections1546423inspections
inspective1746403inspective
inspectorate1661893inspectorate
inspirator1245773inspirator
instructor1255163instructor
insulator948103insulator
inventor11298153in_ventor
invertor11238973in_vertor
investor11247413in_vestor
prospector1644363prospector
respecter1347443respecter
sector83415933__s_ector
specter113111733__specter

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641426.15624145.7
3Display Results42420.0301400.0
 (SQL Overall)178691426.60927037.5
 
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