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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forlavishness” 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.

11 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
lavishness164471(None) 
slavishness1753701slavishness
apishness1445742_apishness
dovishness1744462dovishness
garishness1445742garishness
lavishers1564642lavish_ers
lavishes1457402lavish_e_s
lavishest1554882lavish_est
lavishnesses1844772lavishnesses
oafishness1644462oafishness
rakishness1744612rakishness

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911088240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit108824113.54630689.2
3Display Results11110.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691113.90645747.8