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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 “elected” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

56 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
elected10281261(None) 
ejected17297651ejected
electee92513241electee
erected103213991erected
selected1159781selected
alerted82512222alerted
bleated104015972bleated
cleated103417842cleated
clefted13326752clefted
defected15289972defected
deflected1635982deflected
dejected19307592dejected
deleted93314912dele_ted
detected12289732detected
effected1744992effected
egested938122egested
elated74725822el_ated
elect74327032elect__
electees10238722electees
elector93313252elector
electret10411992electret
electro92810032electro
electroed1246972electroed
elects83315002elect_s
elevated12118292elevated
elicited1139092elicited
eluted74915262el_uted
enacted10310642enacted
erecter93113392erecter
eructed10228652eructed
everted112711852everted
evicted1337242evicted
exacted1737302exacted
executed1835502executed
exerted152210052exerted
expected2036742expected
exsected1835672exsected
flecked17358072flecked
fleeted113310232fleeted
gleeted9379322gleeted
leched123716002_leched
leeched13369502leeched
letted74118542_letted
neglected1354692neglected
pleated103816632pleated
prelected1439132prelected
reelected1238312reelected
refected142311662refected
reflected1547982reflected
rejected182710112rejected
relented92614942relented
relucted1138652relucted
resected112514742resected
selectee10910492selectee
sleeted83113222sleeted
unelected1237822unelected

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671563.75028712.3
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691564.15642995.9
 
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