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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 “radiotelephonesa” 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
radiotelephones2181241radiotelephones_
radiotelephone2081392radiotelephone__
radiotelephony2381273radiotelephon__y
radiophones1754895radio____phones_
radioelements1663086radio_ele_ments_
radiophone1654676radio____phone__
radiotelegraphs22131946radiotelegraphs_
telephones1545696_____telephones_
picturephones2261027__picturephones_
radioelement1563517radio_ele___ment
radiographies2055827radio_graph_ies_
radiophotos1762327radio____photos_
radiotelegraph21142057radiotele__graph
radiotelegraphy25121967radiotele_graphy
radiotelemetric2081337radiotele_metric
radiotelemetry2081367radiotele__metry
radiotherapies2083207radiot_herapies_
telephone1445647_____telephone__
telephoned1654027_____telephone_d
telephoner1554047_____telephone_r
telephoners1653327_____telephoners
telephonies1654907_____telephonies_
telephonist1694967_____telephonist

Search took 9 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 Limit95024238.12311698.1
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691238.49921024.9
 
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