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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 “banjoist” 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.

33 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
banjoist174514(None) 
banjoists1843251banjoists
banjoes16317312banjoes_
banjos15378892banjo_s_
bongoist1147642bongoist
adjoint15108283_adjoint
altoist7313393_altoist
animist93815173_animist
anoint6423633_an_oint
backlist16910653backlist
bancos104713893banco_s_
bandit93821133ban_di_t
bandits103814793ban_dits
bandogs1138363bandogs_
banish111416043ban__ish
banjo143812443banjo___
bankit123617043ban_ki_t
bankits133410153ban_kits
banzais1837163banzais_
baptist11311873ba_ptist
bassist9312743ba_ssist
bongoists1244843bongoists
bundist10310193bun_dist
canoeist10310693canoeist
canonist10513533canonist
conjoint17410373conjoint
handlist12311333handlist
jingoist16126263jingoist
joist125125653___joist
kanjis1735963kanj_is_
panelist10414503panelist
tanist6324593tan__ist
unjoint1449233_unjoint

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162338.36017483.5
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.79620315.0
 
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