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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 “provincialists” 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.

27 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
provincialists2112231(None) 
provincialisms23102221provincialisms
provincialist20102811provincialist_
provincialism22102432provincialis_m
provinciality2362342provinciali_ty
provincializes3062032provincializes
provincialities2262253provincialities
provincialize2962073provinciali_ze
provincialized3161833provincialized
provincials1852943provincial___s
pointillists1453074p_o_intillists
provincial1754014provincial____
provincializing3271594provincializing
provincially2253024provincial__ly
colonialists1484995_colon_ialists
nominalists1355735_nomin__alists
nonsocialists1563235_nonsocialists
physicalists2272985physi_c_alists
pointillisms1662565p_o_intillisms
pointillist1354255p_o_intillist_
principality2162665pr__incipali_ty
probabilists1872955pro_babi_lists
pronunciations18122785pronunciations
racialists1247705_r___acialists
revivalists1753565_revi__valists
socialists1248495_so___cialists
trivialists1464545tr__i_vialists

Search took 7 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 Filter178691950240.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit95024276.65614276.4
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691276.79526297.4
 
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