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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 “pictorialist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

29 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
pictorialist167537(None) 
pictorialism1864951pictorialism
pictorialists1774111pictorialists
pictorialisms1984582pictorialisms
pictorialize2553582pictorialize
pictorials1445492pictorial_s_
editorialist1364653editorialist
pastoralist1357463pastor_alist
pictorial1348403pictorial___
pictorialized2753023pictorialized
pictorializes2653453pictorializes
pictorially1854813pictorial_ly
pictorialness1762523pictorialness
editorialists1463414editorialists
factorials1544694factorial_s_
historicist1654144histori_cist
immoralist1446514_immor_alist
imperialist15107774_imperialist
literalist10411534li_ter_alist
materialist1349514_materialist
memorialist1556564_memorialist
pastoralism1555794pastor_alism
pastoralists1454954pastor_alists
paternalist1358594p_aternalist
pectorals13128154pector_al_s_
pictorializing2863184pictorializing
pityriasis1552254pi_tyriasis_
sectorials1286524sectorial_s_
victorias1446524victoria__s_

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911247900.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit124790296.42319428.6
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.57927160.8
 
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