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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 “paediatrician” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

24 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
paediatrician1813158(None) 
paediatricians19111551paediatricians
pediatrician17122451p_ediatrician
pediatricians1892172p_ediatricians
geriatrician1562073_geriatrician
paediatric1553043paediatric___
paediatrics1652633paediatric__s
geriatricians1661844_geriatricians
patrician1367474p____atrician
pediatric1445274p_ediatric___
pediatrics1544194p_ediatric__s
dietician1245425___diet_ician
electrician1554485__electrician
geometrician17163935_geometrician
mediatrices1653385_mediatric_es
patricians1456285p____atricians
pedestrian1354485p_edestr__ian
pediatrist1365945p_ediatr__ist
pediatrists1454065p_ediatri_sts
peritricha1752325p_eri_tricha_
podiatric1444235p_odiatric___
politician1456555p_oli_t_ician
sabermetrician2071715sabermetrician
semiotician1553905_semiot_ician

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790249.09313723.7
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691249.51518779.9
 
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