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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 “politician” 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.

30 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
politician145655(None) 
politicians1555511politicians
political1349712politic_al
politicise1447242politicise
politicize2346052politicize
apolitical1446293apolitic_al
clinician1344333_clinician
geopolitician18141843geopolitician
logistician1462983logistician
mortician1346993mo_rtician
nonpolitician1762603nonpolitician
optician1247243_o_ptician
phonetician1853883phonetician
politic112918713politic___
politicised1654793politicised
politicises1546903politicises
politicising1753503politicising
politicized2555073politicized
politicizes2445943politicizes
politicizing2654303politicizing
politick16289333politic__k
politicked1943473politicked
politicker1843183politicker
politicking2063343politicking
politicks17276843politic_ks
politicly1644793politic_ly
politico122510013politic__o
politicoes14265013politicoes
politicos13287083politic_os
politics122513813politic__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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603306.00023433.8
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.42227824.8
 
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