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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsaxophonists” 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.

18 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
saxophonists246203(None) 
saxophonist2372971saxophonist_
saxophones2244433saxophon__es
saxophonic2453253saxophoni__c
symphonists2194463s_ymphonists
xylophonists2762193xylophonists
adoptionists1553894_adoptionists
aphorists1448254_a__phorists
apophonies1756524_apophoni_es
cacophonies2054424cacophoni_es
sapphists1644104sa_pph__ists
saxophone2144174saxophon___e
sexologists1947254sexo_logists
sophists1347294s__oph__ists
symphonist20135894s_ymphonist_
taxonomists2052834taxo_nomists
telephonists1793304telephonists
xylophonist2653364xylophonist_

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 Filter1786911247900.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit124790188.00015598.8
3Display Results18180.0161125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691188.17221866.3