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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 “nihilisms” 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.

27 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
nihilisms144487(None) 
nihilism1345191nihilism_
nihilists1244851nihilists
nihilist1147162nihilis_t
virilisms1446242virilisms
animalisms1457433animalisms
chiliasms1693493_chiliasms
civicisms18134823civicisms
civilises14106093civilises
familisms1645863familisms
finalisms14318833finalisms
holisms123811113__holisms
idolisms1146353_idolisms
initialisms1356143initialisms
nasalisms1147173nasalisms
nativisms14105993nativisms
niellists944793niellists
nihilistic1554333nihilistic
nihilities1348663nihilities
nihility1446203nihili_ty
nihils937573nihil___s
pugilisms14124093pugilisms
simplisms15205393simplisms
troilisms1146413troilisms
virilism1347273virilism_
vitalisms1448513vitalisms
wholisms1665253_wholisms

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641276.87321626.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.31224438.0
 
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