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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 “alpinist” 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.

47 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
alpinist105915(None) 
alpinism1286181alpinism
alpinists1195791alpinists
albinism1276412albinism
alienist8411992alienist
alpines94016192alpines_
alpinisms1375972alpinisms
lapidist1147842lapidist
actinism12119883actinism
activist13109483activist
against838383again_st
agonist82615403a_gonist
alarmist1049123alarmist
albinic1136853albini_c
albinisms1395773albinisms
albinistic1454013albinistic
albinos937663albinos_
algins74816433algin_s_
alibis8311073al_ibis_
alienism1047733alienism
alienists946923alienists
alines65735233al_ines_
alining81917043al_ining
alist56136783al___ist
alkines114415733alkines_
aloins65022203aloin_s_
alpine84417373alpin__e
alpinely1344343alpinely
altoist7313393al_toist
altruist857953altruist
animist93815173a_nimist
apiarist10412063a_piarist
arsonist8412013arsonist
atticist10811343atticist
blinis85313683bl_inis_
elitist7414913el_itist
feminist131911333feminist
lapidists1244913lapidists
lapins84520683lapin_s_
liniest73321153_l_iniest
luminist10410563luminist
machinist1648483machinist
pianist9615103__pianist
piniest93121133__piniest
plainest10313623plainest
plenist9314333pl_enist
spiniest102813233_spiniest

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162476.82621412.5
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691477.26524596.1
 
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