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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 “ministered” 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.

43 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
ministered134496(None) 
administered1661902administered
banistered1394622banistered
minister10410362minister__
ministers1139622minister_s
bistered112913333__bistered
blistered12167683_blistered
cloistered1344513cloistered
glistered11176293_glistered
imbittered1542083imbittered
leistered1037043_leistered
mastered112614003m__astered
miniature1145263miniature_
miniatures1245143miniatures
miniseries1246753minis_eries
minished1437873minis__hed
miniskirted1851143miniskirted
ministate1147263ministate_
ministates1246743ministates
ministerial1354543ministerial
ministering1445543ministering
ministries1247563ministries
ministry1385793minist_r_y
minster93914323min_ster__
minsters103813923min_ster_s
minstrel1046913min_st_rel
misaltered1344563misaltered
misentered1345913misentered
misinterred1453353misinterred
missteered1343553mi_ssteered
mistermed1438363m__istermed
mitered103213233m__i_tered
moistened1246003m_oistened
monitored1245583moni_tored
mustered112511503m__ustered
plaistered1344133plaistered
registered1245293registered
roistered1037643_roistered
sinister838583sinister__
sinisterly1352663sinisterly
sintered92213903sin__tered
sistered92612803__sistered
wintered122111573win__tered

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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603436.29622332.1
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691436.74826480.6
 
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