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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 “protectory” 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.

44 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
protectory1715748(None) 
protector13169531protector_
protectors142010141protectors
projector20186682projector_
projectors21187172projectors
prosector13208532prosector_
prosectors14199122prosectors
protecter13179102protecter_
protecters14168252protecters
protectoral1554932protectoral
protestor11178492protestor_
protestors12169312protestors
potatory1348413p_ot_atory
precatory1649113pr__ecatory
preceptory1945483preceptory
prelector1348093prelector_
prelectors1447863prelectors
probatory1647113pro_batory
proctor11310433pro__ctor_
proctors12311513pro__ctors
proletary1445833prole_tary
promontory1754483promontory
prosecutor1444413prosecutor_
prosecutors1564463prosecutors
prospector1644363prospector_
prospectors1754583prospectors
protect11313633protect___
protectant1446913protectant
protected14158653protect_ed
protecting151910213protecting
protection14511473protection
protections15510703protections
protective1748423protective
protectorate1653513protectorate
protectories1656813protectories
protects1239743protect__s
protester111510483protester_
protesters12169383protesters
protractor1446263protractor_
protractors1546623protractors
rectory123512723_r__ectory
refectory1746023_refectory
rotatory1147213_rot_atory
trajectory2252563trajectory

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603448.79615984.9
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691448.96819925.4
 
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