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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 “developments” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

42 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
developments205334(None) 
development1954211development_
developmental2171902developmental
envelopments1953432envelopments
redevelopments22172732redevelopments
deployments1954243de_ployments
developers16123743develop_e_rs
developes15155283develop_e__s
developpes18142963developpe__s
devilments1646383devil__ments
envelopment1853943envelopment_
nondevelopments2372283nondevelopments
redevelopment21203273redevelopment_
revelments1546863revel__ments
subdevelopments2571693subdevelopments
decampments2073524de_campments
deferments16128584defe__rments
defilements1747074defil_ements
deployment1855524de_ployment_
determents131010314dete__rments
develope14135724develop_e___
developed16124314develop_e__d
developer15134244develop_e__r
developing1743674develop_in_g
developmentally2681254developmentally
developpe17143004developpe___
develops14145324develop____s
devilment1547714devil__ment_
devotements1745614dev_otements
divestments17155164dive_stments
elopements14146364___elopements
employments2054244_employments
evolvements1953744_evolvements
nondevelopment2272434nondevelopment_
predevelopment24202374predevelopment_
ravelments1545194ravel__ments
redeployments2162204redeployments
revealments1644494reve_alments
revelment1448774revel__ment_
revetments1546434reve__tments
revilements1647134revil_ements
subdevelopment2471864subdevelopment_

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit124790427.73616131.1
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691428.17221866.3
 
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