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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 “developmental” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

34 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
developmental217190(None) 
development1954212development__
developmentally2681252developmentally
developments2053342development_s
envelopment1853944envelopment__
envelopments1953434envelopment_s
redevelopment21203274redevelopment__
redevelopments22172734redevelopment_s
decremental1654675d__ecremental
departmental1762765de_partmental
deployment1855525de_ployment__
deployments1954245de_ployment_s
detrimental1454855d__etrimental
develope14135725develop_e____
developed16124315develop_e___d
developer15134245develop_e___r
developers16123745develop_e__rs
developes15155285develop_e___s
developing1743675develop_in__g
developpe17143005developpe____
developpes18142965developpe___s
devilment1547715devil__ment__
devilments1646385devil__ment_s
elemental1145885___el_emental
environmental18131765environmental
governmental1863485gove_rnmental
nondevelopment2272435nondevelopment__
nondevelopments2372285nondevelopment_s
predevelopment24202375predevelopment__
revelment1448775revel__ment__
revelments1546865revel__ment_s
subdevelopment2471865subdevelopment__
subdevelopments2571695subdevelopment_s
vestmental1554035__ve_stmental

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790348.64014443.3
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691349.06219718.7
 
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