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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 “spiritualists” 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.

31 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
spiritualists1512366(None) 
spiritualisms17103821spiritualisms
spiritualist14114251spiritualist_
spiritualism1693992spiritualis_m
spiritualistic18112382spiritualistic
spirituality1763192spirituali_ty
spiritualizes2463382spiritualizes
ritualists1046173___ritualists
spiritists1244793spirit___ists
spiritualities1663693spiritualities
spiritualize2363513spirituali_ze
spiritualized2563183spiritualized
spiritualness1562693spiritualness
spirituals1253553spiritual___s
spiritualties1562293spiritualties
spiritualty1692413spiritual__ty
antiritualisms1664224antiritualisms
despiritualizes27283224despiritualizes
respiritualizes26303144respiritualizes
ritualisms1246004___ritualisms
ritualist948644___ritualist_
serialists10810364s_eri__alists
shirtwaists1751604shir_twa_ists
specialists1546204speci__alists
spiritisms1444854spirit___isms
spiritist1148094spirit___ist_
spiritless1243744spirit__les_s
spiritual1144254spiritual____
spiritualizing2663224spiritualizing
spiritually16113604spiritual__ly
spiritualnesses1782134spiritualnesses

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 Filter178691950240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit95024315.20318263.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691315.59231954.8
 
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