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

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

25 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
pictorialisms198458(None) 
pictorialism1864951pictorialism_
pictorialists1774111pictorialists
pictorialist1675372pictorialis_t
pictorializes2653452pictorializes
pastoralisms1654943pastor_alisms
pictorialize2553583pictoriali_ze
pictorialized2753023pictorialized
pictorialness1762523pictorialness
pictorials1445493pictorial___s
editorialists1463414editorialists
historicisms1953074histori_cisms
immoralisms1454634_immor_alisms
imperialisms18105904_imperialisms
literalisms1357704li_ter_alisms
manorialisms1664484_manorialisms
materialisms1657304_materialisms
pastoralism1555794pastor_alism_
pastoralists1454954pastor_alists
paternalisms1656084p_aternalisms
pictorial1348404pictorial____
pictorializing2863184pictorializing
pictorially1854814pictorial__ly
pictorialnesses1962144pictorialnesses
sectarianisms17203684sectarianisms

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024254.84319620.9
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691255.21934238.6
 
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