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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 “advertise” 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.

48 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
advertise134610(None) 
advertised1544091advertised
advertiser1443611advertiser
advertises1445911advertises
advertize2245381advertize
advective1845232advective
adventive1645812adventive
adverse1145952adver__se
adverting1437222adverting
advertisers1552542advertisers
advertized2443792advertized
advertizes2344672advertizes
adverts11308512advert_s_
adjective2244813adjective
advecting1645113advecting
advection1545553advection
advects13276013advect_s_
adventives1745123adventives
advents11309473advent_s_
adventure1344393adventure
adverbial1542553adverbial
adverbs13254273adver_bs_
adversative1853243adversative
adversities1564353adversities
adversity1643813adversity
advert103215783advert___
adverted1336103advert_ed
advertence1654443advertence
advertent1356593advertent
advertising16143613advertising
advise10139223adv___ise
aftertime1445473aftertime
albertite1146123albertite
amortise10428513a_mortise
assertive1246473assertive
averse95811183a_ver__se
aversive1447443a_versive
avertible1495233a_vertible
averting122512733a_verting
averts95715243a_vert_s_
expertise1847933expertise
invertase1245833invertase
overtime131312273_overtime
overtire111413113_overtire
overwise141810253_overwise
poverties1439513poverties
revertive1548853revertive
unadvertised1751553unadvertised

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641487.20320636.0
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691487.67223291.3
 
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