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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 “cherished” 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.

40 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
cherished186519(None) 
cherisher1765231cherisher
cherishes1767561cherishes
cherish15310462cherish__
cherishers1854552cherishers
perished14310082_perished
blemished1763783blemished
cerise84822043c_eris_e_
cerises94722253c_eris_es
charioted1595863charioted
cheesed133910683che_es_ed
cheliped1635043cheli_ped
chemise143211503chemis_e_
chemises153211983chemis_es
cherishing1944833cherishing
chested133811673che__sted
chevied16357483chevi__ed
chorister1487143chorister
chorused1446133chorus_ed
chorussed1543213chorussed
christen13106703ch_risten
churched1934653chur_ched
clerihew1642683cleri_hew
clerisies1147253clerisies
coexisted1944143coexisted
crashed134214203c__rashed
creeshed1435693cre_eshed
crisped124010103c__risped
crushed134111963c__rushed
flemished1853633flemished
heisted113210653_he_isted
nourished1374603nourished
overfished2045673overfished
perishes13313753_perishes
plenished1584953plenished
relished1239433_relished
theorised1344923theoris_ed
thrashed1555363th_rashed
threshed1535643th_reshed
whished17428023wh__ished

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641406.83021763.0
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691407.28224538.7
 
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