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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 “anesthesias” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

29 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
anesthesias145403(None) 
aesthesias1345691a_esthesias
anaesthesias1562641anaesthesias
anesthesia1354431anesthesia_
aesthesia1245942a_esthesia_
anaesthesia1452922anaesthesia_
anesthetics1694712anesthetics
esthesias1246732__esthesias
kinesthesias1962032kinesthesias
paresthesias17194122paresthesias
synesthesias1872802synesthesias
aesthetics1595813a_esthetics
anaesthetics17103053anaesthetics
anesthetic1596483anestheti_c
anesthetist1454033anesthetist
anesthetists1552733anesthetists
anesthetize23113223anesthetize
anesthetizes24132983anesthetizes
anthesis11312503an__thesi_s
antithesis1345773antithesi_s
asthenias1277453a__sthenias
esthesia1147503__esthesia_
esthesis1148463__esthesi_s
kinesthesia1862003kinesthesia_
kinesthesis1852283kinesthesi_s
paraesthesias18182823paraesthesias
paresthesia16204453paresthesia_
synaesthesias1972133synaesthesias
synesthesia1763083synesthesia_

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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633295.65621505.1
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.06229477.2
 
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