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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 “nihilism” 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.

28 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
nihilism134519(None) 
nihilisms1444871nihilisms
nihilist1147161nihilist
nihilists1244852nihilists
nihility1446202nihility
nihils937572nihil_s_
virilism1347272virilism
animalism1358613animalism
chiliasm15134513_chiliasm
chilis115517873_chilis_
civicism17105353civicism
civilise1386263civilise
familism1546343familism
finalism133010363finalism
holism113713753__holism
idolism1037273_idolism
initialism1257213initialism
nasalism1048203nasalism
nativism13116613nativism
niellist848353niellist
nihil8410283nihil___
nihilistic1554333nihilistic
pugilism13144683pugilism
simplism14216243simplism
troilism1047193troilism
virilisms1446243virilisms
vitalism1339683vitalism
wholism1535883_wholism

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162287.97018339.0
3Display Results28280.030933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691288.42321214.7
 
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