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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 “expendability” 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.

36 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
expendability285384(None) 
expandability2853691expandability
extendability2653591extendability
dependability2254862dependability
excludability2852693excludability
expansibility2763473expansibility
expendabilities2774373expendabilities
exportability2774253exportability
extensibility2553903extensibility
extrudability2673143extrudability
openability1846933_open_ability
alienability1745694alien_ability
amenability1847494_amen_ability
appealability2253964appealability
compensability2563534compensability
deniability1748724__deniability
dispensability2263204dispensability
electability1947054e_lectability
employability2553044employability
excitability2655674ex_citability
expandabilities2763874expandabilities
expendable2243874expendab_l__e
expendables2352154expendab_l_es
extendabilities2564164extendabilities
impeccability2654464impeccability
operability1848854_ope_rability
patentability2054784patentability
readability1748074__readability
refundability2253944refundability
rentability16410194__rentability
repeatability2056244repeatability
respectability2353974respectability
spreadability2154404spreadability
tenability1549124__ten_ability
untenability1756424unten_ability
vendibility2054794__vendibility

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 Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024365.78316431.6
3Display Results36360.0301200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.15629027.1
 
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