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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 “catastrophism” 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
catastrophism226221(None) 
catastrophisms2371851catastrophisms
catastrophist2072641catastrophist
catastrophes1962712catastrophes_
catastrophic2162852catastrophi_c
catastrophists2171752catastrophists
catastrophe1862413catastroph__e
diastrophism2062633_diastrophism
anastrophes1693914_anastrophes_
apostrophise1963304_apostrophise
diastrophisms2162324_diastrophisms
anastrophe1583705_anastroph__e
anisotropism1663515_anisotrop_ism
antistrophes1753755antistrophes_
antistrophic1974095antistrophi_c
apostrophes1854205_apostrophes_
apostrophic2054545_apostrophi_c
apostrophised2162145_apostrophised
apostrophises2063075_apostrophises
apostrophize2862395_apostrophize
atropism1247995___a_trop_ism
catabolism1644425cata__bo_lism
chemotropism2364075chemotrop_ism
diastrophic1953595_diastrophi_c
ecocatastrophes248805ecocatastrophes_
malapropism1961785mala_prop_ism
metamorphism2084135metamor_phism

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790279.45313201.1
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691279.87518095.3
 
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