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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 “excursionist” 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.

30 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
excursionist217320(None) 
excursionists2282721excursionists
exclusionist2154092exclusionist
excursions1944322excursion_s_
exclusionists2263333exclusionists
excursion1844613excursion___
expansionist2183433expansionist
extortionist1975313extortionist
percussionist17123363percussionist
accordionist1761874accordionist
diversionist1654514diversionist
educationist1555264educationist
elocutionist1455094elocu_tionist
excisions1846384exc_ision_s_
exclusions1945014exclusion_s_
exclusivist2362234exclusi_vist
excursiveness2554564excursiveness
expansionism2392684expansionism
expansionists2292734expansionists
expressionist2264044expressionist
expulsions1943834expulsion_s_
extortionists2074384extortionists
extrusions1745164extrusion_s_
fusionist1246074__fu_sionist
illusionist1154934illu_sionist
incursions1244834incursion_s_
percussionists18102544percussionists
perfusionist1753904perfu_sionist
recursions1245404recursion_s_
secessionist1454754secessionist

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790307.45316743.6
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.87522690.9
 
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