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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 “columbine” 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
columbine154426(None) 
columbines1643761columbines
columbite1543971columbite
colubrine1345042colubrine
columbic1643442columbi_c
columbites1643692columbites
columbium1743222columbium
combine133014722co__mbine
alumine9412693_alum_ine
calamine12314033calam_ine
climbing15205983c_limbing
clubbing15266513c_lubbing
clumping15319883c_lumping
colicine12312993col_icine
columbary1842963columbary
columbiums1852633columbiums
column1038103colum__n_
columnea1243673colum__nea
columned1334923colum__ned
columnist1346473columnist
columns1136473colum__ns
combined15269183co__mbined
combiner14259723co__mbiner
combines142814623co__mbines
combing143714733co__mbing
concubine1545753concubine
crumbing15267813c_rumbing
illumine1046083illum_ine
plumbing15286433_plumbing
relumine1038933relum_ine
toluidine1043803toluidine
voluming1435043volum_ing
yohimbine1951363yohimbine

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641338.01618543.0
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.45221141.9
 
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