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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 “philanthropistsa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
philanthropists2571941philanthropists_
philanthropist2472582philanthropist__
philanthropies2492533philanthropi_es_
philanthropic2572234philanthropi___c
philanthropical2781564philanthropi_cal
philanthropoids26141654philanthropoids_
philanthropoid25171795philanthrop__oid
philanthropy2562195philanthrop____y
misanthropies2072286_misanthropi_es_
philatelists1752846phila_t__elists_
heliotropisms2072607_heliot_ropisms_
lycanthropies2361647_lycanthropi_es_
malapropists1862247_mala__propists_
misanthropes19122367_misanthrop__es_
misanthropic2171987_misanthropi___c
palindromists1861047p_alin_dromists_
pantheists1546127p___anth__eists_
philatelist1653817phila_t__elist__
philologists1876687phil___ologists_
phototropisms2264697ph_otot_ropisms_
planetologists1763627p__lanetologists_
primatologists19184357prima_tologists_
thigmotropisms2471607thigmot_ropisms_

Search took 10 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024238.90610669.7
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691239.28219251.3
 
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