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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 “altruism” 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.

42 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
altruism105537(None) 
altruisms1144371altruisms
altruist857951altruist
alarmism1245852alarmism
altruists945412altruists
truism8118622__truism
ultraism1046942ultraism
actinism12119883actinism
activism15117083activism
alarmisms1345003alarmisms
alarmist1049123alarmist
alarum85411983alaru__m
alarums9408923alarums_
albinism1276413albinism
algorism1147353algorism
alienism1047733alienism
allelism1046973allelism
alpinism1286183alpinism
altoist7313393alt_oist
altruistic1254063altruistic
aneurism1046643aneurism
antrum8611313antru__m
antrums969173antrums_
asterism10413253asterism
atavism1238033a_tavism
atheism1248523a_theism
atomism112610963a_tomism
atrium8411823a_tr_ium
atriums939043a_triums
atropism1247993a_tropism
atticism1268533atticism
autecism1247073autecism
auteurism1144613auteurism
autism83815333aut__ism
daltonism1245573daltonism
futurism1345443futurism
lyrism1137473_lyr_ism
naturism1047893naturism
tantrism1048373tantr_ism
truisms9106823__truisms
ultraisms1146633ultraisms
ultraist849633ultraist

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162427.92318447.8
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691428.09522074.2
 
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