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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 “meristems” 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.

49 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
meristems134355(None) 
meristem1245741meristem_
meisters103313842me_isters
merises93421422meris_e_s
berseems1263933ber_seems
cerastes101111093ceraste_s
cerises94722253ceris_e_s
cerites94823433ceri_te_s
christens14125413christens
demisters1249203demisters
eristics10610193_eristics
gristers94013403_gristers
heisters113413133he_isters
keisters123212043ke_isters
leisters83312823le_isters
magisters1235803magisters
marishes13512553marishe_s
mediates112814063mediate_s
meister93114163me_iste_r
merisis93213173meris__is
meristic12311253merist_ic
merited10313853meri_te_d
meritless1144593meritless
merits8320873meri_t__s
meseems1165603me__seems
mestees94617753me__stees
metisses1036833metisse_s
metrists1039853metrist__s
ministers1139623ministers
misterms123711353m__isterms
misters93927513m__isters
modistes1138643modiste_s
moistens10268773m_oistens
muriates10312083muriate_s
oersteds934373oer_steds
periblems1543483periblems
peripters1368123peripters
perishes13313753perishe_s
peristome1346593peristome
peristomes1446053peristomes
persisters1246273persisters
registers1038893registers
rerises73525883reris_e_s
resisters9310453resisters
seriates82620673seriate_s
verisms123011253veris__ms
verists103613673verist__s
verites103822263veri_te_s
verstes104014283ver_ste_s

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641497.59319576.1
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691497.76523012.4
 
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