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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 “affirmers” 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.

39 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
affirmers174256(None) 
affirmer1643081affirmer_
affirmed1743212affirme_d
affirms1534382affirm__s
affixers2143292affi_xers
firmers124711442__firmers
admirers1134713admir_ers
affaires1444303affair_e_s
affecters1763933affecters
affiches1945233affiche_s
affines1339483affi_ne_s
affirm1435523affirm___
affirmant1753813affirmant
affirmants1852763affirmants
affirming1843103affirming
affixer2033913affi_xer_
affixes2035503affi_xe_s
affixment2443883affixment
affixments2543073affixments
afflicters1852243afflicters
affrayers1842213affrayers
aimers84621913a__i_mers
airers64922313a__ir_ers
armers85520273a___rmers
aspirers1066493aspir_ers
confirmers1744963confirmers
deformers15266533deformers
farmers124315263__farmers
filmers124211293__filmers
firers94922683__fir_ers
firmer114712443__firmer_
flirters11337933_flirters
formers128217953__formers
informers14206133informers
maffickers2441963maffickers
offerers1434933offer_ers
officers1643803offi_cers
reformers14246403reformers
squirmers2053113squirmers

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641396.00024773.5
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691396.43627764.3
 
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