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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 “missives” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

35 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
missives13321284(None) 
misgives14329291misgives
mislives132912151mislives
missies93423981missi_es
missiles103015081missiles
missises103513691missises
missive122413141missive_
cissies94116152cissi_es
dissaves1239412dissaves
emissive1345922emissive_
hissies103915822hissi_es
jussives1833842jussives
massive12289772massive_
midlives14287462midlives
midwives17274802midwives
miscites12313782miscites
misdrives1546212misdrives
misfiles133110982misfiles
misfires132210582misfires
misgive13339032misgive_
misgiven14245902misgiven
mislies92922282misli_es
mislikes143311832mislikes
mislive122812692mislive_
mislived14328782mislived
mismoves1537292mismoves
misses85130872miss__es
missile92815402missile_
missions10311902missions
missis84417502missi__s
missuses10309682missuses
mistimes12612612mistimes
omissive1345102omissive_
passives13228822passives
sissies73716602sissi_es

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059353.18637997.2
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.59249746.9
 
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