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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 “metricisms” 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.

28 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
metricisms164652(None) 
metricism1557511metricism_
metricizes2346762metricizes
metritises1247282metritises
americiums1652663ame_riciums
atticisms1367413_atticisms
empiricisms1952483empiricisms
ethicists1445443_ethicists
fetichisms2043463fet_ichisms
gothicisms1853393gothicisms
hetairisms1544253hetairisms
lyricisms161979013_lyricisms
matricides1545983matricides
methodisms1844563methodisms
metricates1449113metricates
metricize2247213metrici_ze
metricized2445423metricized
metrics11312363metric___s
metrifies1439803metrifi_es
metrists1039853metr__ists
metritis1049183metriti__s
mosaicisms1644183mosaicisms
mysticisms1944603mysticisms
ostracisms1444823ostracisms
poeticisms1647343poet_icisms
stoicisms1345553_stoicisms
vorticisms1745773vorticisms
witticisms1793473witticisms

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603286.76620780.8
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.18524870.0
 
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