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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 “petrifiee” 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.

41 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
petrified1548341petrified
petrifier1447121petrifier
petrifies14310361petrifies
metrified1547862metrified
metrifies1439802metrifies
petrifiers1544672petrifiers
aerified121310143ae_rified
aerifies111313393ae_rifies
certified1548423certified
certifier1447353certifier
certifies14310323certifies
gentrified1545673gentrified
gentrifier1444813gentrifier
gentrifies1446893gentrifies
metricize2247213metricize
nitrified1346733nitrified
nitrifier1245963nitrifier
nitrifies12107923nitrifies
patricide1446613patricide
perigee101113393pe_ri_gee
petrify1536573petrif__y
petrifying1945823petrifying
prettified1644943prettified
prettifier1543973prettifier
prettifies1545693prettifies
pteridine1246743pteridine
purified1438743p_urified
purifier1338573p_urifier
purifies13311923p_urifies
putrefied1543673putrefied
putrefier1443123putrefier
putrefies1444663putrefies
retrofire1244543retrofire
terrified13147583terrified
terrifier12126603terrifier
terrifies12139723terrifies
verified151510403ve_rified
verifier14159203ve_rifier
verifies141313483ve_rifies
vitrified1645983vitrified
vitrifies1547223vitrifies

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 Limit148641417.25020502.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691417.68923239.8
 
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