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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 “pacifist” 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.

50 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
pacifist154809(None) 
pacifism1746371pacifism
pacifists1645061pacifists
paciest112917812paci_est
pacific1646912pacifi_c
pacificist1953692pacificist
pacified1638362pacified
pacifier1557502pacifier
pacifies15311222pacifies
pacifisms1845092pacifisms
pacifistic1953822pacifistic
activist13109483_activist
animist93815173_animist
backfit18108213backfi_t
backfits19106953backfits
backlist16910653backlist
jackfish2744123jackfish
laciest93819043laci_est
lapidist1147843lapidist
machinist1648483machinist
manifest1339503manifest
nativist11118683nativist
opacified1744393opacified
opacifier1643623opacifier
opacifies1645463opacifies
pachisi14329523pac_hisi
pachisis15268823pachisis_
pacifical1845233pacifical
pacificism2152663pacificism
pacificists2052593pacificists
pacifiers1645463pacifiers
pacify1667473pacif__y
pacifying2045503pacifying
paganist11411813paganist
paliest93021613pali_est
palmist112814343pa_lmist
panelist10414503panelist
panfish15229973pa_nfish
papist102618753pa__pist
parodist11412763parodist
passivist1445993passivist
pugilist11136633pugilist
racialist11411203racialist
raciest92820013raci_est
racist82822793rac__ist
sacrist9315423sac_rist
satirist8313503satirist
spaciest122310903spaci_est
tachist12613293tac_hist
waifish1637703wa_ifish

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162507.50019488.3
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691507.93622516.5
 
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