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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 “engineers” 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.

39 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
engineers104420(None) 
engineer945491engineer_
engenders1145302engenders
engineered1252682engineered
enginery1244562engin_ery
engines81114462engin_e_s
reengineers1252222reengineers
aginners954623_aginners
anointers937003anointers
beginners1283613beginners
bioengineers1561343bioengineers
domineers1244673domineers
edginess1036053edgin_ess
eloiners8128153eloin_ers
enciphers1644013enciphers
endangers1144943endangers
engagers10246553eng_agers
engender1046633engender_
engine71114863engin_e__
engined9119893engin_e_d
engineering1353163engineering
engineerings1451853engineerings
engineries1145473engineries
enginous946493engin_ous
engravers1344313engravers
enhancers1445103enhancers
enjoinders1842563enjoinders
enjoiners16234623enjoin_ers
enkindlers1581993enkindlers
enlisters937113enlisters
enliveners1342683enliveners
enrichers1444133enrichers
enticers10139093enti_cers
enviers1036993envi__ers
gingers94118643__gingers
ginners84314223__ginners
mutineers1144633mutineers
reengineer1152603reengineer_
unwinders1343943unwinders

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641397.53319732.0
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691397.70223200.6
 
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