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

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

35 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
refineries134706(None) 
fineries112416742__fineries
refiners114713312refiner__s
beaneries11310903be_aneries
deaneries10310833de_aneries
definers124211193definer__s
deliveries1446013deliveries
engineries1145473engineries
ferneries1239043fe_rneries
greeneries1167073gre_eneries
henneries1248643he_nneries
joineries1648103_joineries
pineries102419083__pineries
recoveries1547473recoveries
reentries9311763re_entries
referees111310413ref__erees
refigures1344543refigur_es
refinances15107133refinances
refiner105316913refiner___
refinery14447193refiner__y
refines105426343refin___es
refinishes1644693refinishes
refires104820313refi__r_es
refries104419733ref___ries
registries1146493registries
reinjuries1743903re_injuries
repiners103913433repiner__s
resinifies1346913resinifies
retinenes9410373retine_nes
reveries112518513re__veries
rifleries1247683rif_leries
seminaries12410003seminaries
veneries112815033ve__neries
vineries112716043__vineries
wineries112316533__wineries

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603356.47021731.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691356.90625874.7
 
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