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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 “appetizer” 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.

32 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
appetizer224443(None) 
appetiser1344441appetiser
appetizers2343021appetizers
appetisers1442932appetisers
appetite1258492appetite_
appetites1347512appetites
apprizer2145462app_rizer
peptizer21236472_peptizer
poetizer1936812_poetizer
aphorizer2345403aphorizer
appealer1245743appe_aler
appeaser1245953appe_aser
appetizing2445403appetizing
applier1137903app_li_er
appraiser1344953appraiser
appriser1246783app_riser
apprize2038183app_rize_
apprized2236543app_rized
apprizers2243833app_rizers
apprizes2137793app_rizes
baptizer2134893bap_tizer
magnetizer22477053magnetizer
palletizer2184363palletizer
peptize20279483_peptize_
peptized22237523_peptized
peptizers22245033_peptizers
peptizes21269853_peptizes
poetiser1037313_poetiser
poetize18310773_poetize_
poetized2037983_poetized
poetizers2045103_poetizers
poetizes19310253_poetizes

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 Filter1786911486410.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148641326.12624264.0
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.54527301.9
 
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