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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fordiffract” 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.

20 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
diffract174472(None) 
diffracts1843221diffracts
diffracted2042972diffracted
distract11313022distract
infract12610002_infract
detract101414633d_etract
didact10711203di__dact
different1646173different
diffracting2143343diffracting
diffraction2053493diffraction
direct93817333di__rect
disfrock1843303disfrock
disgrace1248283disgrace
distracts1249283distracts
distrait9414343distrait
district11413873district
infarct1249013_infarct
infracts1346623_infracts
refract121311603_refract
riffraff1251673riffraff

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162206.97020970.2
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691207.40624127.9