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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 “decongest” 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.

32 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
decongest134563(None) 
decongests1443241decongests
congest104618772__congest
decentest1249082decentest
decongested1663072decongested
conges94928173__conges_
congests113510383__congests
contest93523233__contest
deaconess1245543deacon_ess
debones103315113debon_es_
decanes103118913decan_es_
decodes113914983deco_des_
decongestant1662463decongestant
decongesting1753733decongesting
decongestion1653923decongestion
decongestive1952393decongestive
deforest1238793defo_rest
demoness1138053demon_ess
demonist11413463demon_ist
densest83112473de__nsest
deponent11410553depon_ent
depones103717093depon_es_
deranges1039973deranges_
devoutest1343643devoutest
longest84114953__longest
recentest11410283recentest
reconnect1347043reconnect
reconquest2153793reconquest
reconvert1449473reconvert
secondes1138133secondes_
strongest10338293strongest
wrongest1236733_wrongest

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641326.68622231.7
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.10825139.4
 
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