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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 “absorbent” 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.

36 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
absorbent134503(None) 
absorbant1345081absorbant
absorbents1443431absorbents
adsorbent1243881adsorbent
abhorrent1444052abhorrent
absolvent1454102absolvent
absorbants1453502absorbants
absorbed1344262absorbe_d
absorbency1962422absorbency
absorber1254312absorbe_r
absorbers1353982absorbers
absorbing1444482absorbing
adsorbents1352832adsorbents
sorbent92915242__sorbent
unabsorbent1561752unabsorbent
absent84016993abs___ent
absolvents1562983absolvents
absonant1047043abso_nant
absorb1038013absorb___
absorbance1653353absorbance
absorbancy1952673absorbancy
absorbs1135613absorb__s
abstinent1145923abstinent
absurdest12143913absurdest
adsorbed1243443adsorbe_d
adsorber1143503adsorbe_r
adsorbers1243263adsorbers
adsorbing1344123adsorbing
assortment1254693assortment
assurgent1044623assurgent
disorient10412523disorient
misorient11510893misorient
nonabsorbent1662163nonabsorbent
obstruent1144713obstruent
sorbents10279133__sorbents
sorbet83924083__sorbe_t

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641366.89321564.1
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691367.32624391.3
 
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