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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 “recreationists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
recreationists166437(None) 
recreationist1555741recreationist_
creationists1476622__creationists
receptionists1754772rec_eptionists
creationisms1685523__creationisms
creationist1379233__creationist_
receptionist1656403rec_eptionist_
recreations13412253recreation___s
reservationists1873693reservationists
segregationists17122293segregationists
creationism1576464__creationis_m
deviationists17104744de_viationists
educationists1654344_educationists
liberationists16143694liberationists
operationists1556054oper_ationists
perfectionists2164014perfectionists
recreation12413614recreation____
recreational1455164recreation__al
reductionists1654654re_ductionists
repressionist1555324repressionist_
repudiationists18212634repudiationists
reservationist17114334reservationist_
restrictionists1764084restrictionists
revolutionists17145124revolutionists
secessionists1463334sec_essionists
segregationist1692914segregationist_
selectionists1556014se_lectionists
separationists1664084separationists
vacationists1754584vac__ationists

Search took 4 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 Filter178691658740.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit65874293.62318182.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.73247880.8
 
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