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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 “esthesia” 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.

45 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
esthesia114750(None) 
aesthesia1245941aesthesia
esthesias1246731esthesias
esthesis1148461esthesis
aesthesias1345692aesthesias
anesthesia1354432anesthesia
asthenia1167712asthenia
estheses1137782estheses
esthetic13119772esthetic
sthenia1058502_sthenia
aesthetic1497843aesthetic
anaesthesia1452923anaesthesia
anesthesias1454033anesthesias
anthelia1149113anthelia
anthemia1349193anthemia
anthesis11312503anthesis
astasia7310933ast_asia
asteria7316183ast_eria
asthenias1277453asthenias
asthenic1378633asthenic
atresia7310223_atresia
bethesda1441953bethesda
ecclesia1244103ecclesia
entasia73110063ent_asia
enthetic131110613enthetic
epithelia1444743epithelia
estancia1044883estancia
esthesises1344813esthesises
esthete1047433esthe_te
esthetes1147743esthetes
esthetics14106963esthetics
etesian757853e_t_esian
etheric12311783e_theric
eutherian1246893eutherian
ischemia1544073ischemia
kinesthesia1862003kinesthesia
lithemia1345253lithemia
mesothelia1553653mesothelia
paresthesia16204453paresthesia
silesia739083_silesia
sthenias1178163_sthenias
sthenic1268903_sthenic
stokesia1243963_stokesia
synesthesia1763083synesthesia
thesis94913733__thesis

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162456.92321112.5
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.35924282.0
 
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