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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 “exorcists” 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.

41 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
exorcists184504(None) 
exorcises1845691exorcises
exorcisms2044861exorcisms
exorcist1746871exorcist_
exercises1846462exercises
exorcise1745932exorcis_e
exorcised1944352exorcised
exorciser1843742exorciser
exorcisers1942552exorcisers
exorcism1945202exorcis_m
exorcistic2153792exorcistic
exorcizes2744252exorcizes
exoticists1945822exoticists
amorists10411333amor_ists
aorists74215833_aor_ists
egoists887073ego__ists
egotists937063ego_tists
eroticists1278183eroticists
ethicists1445443ethicists
excises1638933ex__cises
exercise1747063exercis_e
exercised1944633exercised
exerciser1844113exerciser
exercisers1942853exercisers
exists134710913ex___ists
exocrines1845483exocrines
exonumists1953153exonumists
exorcising2044203exorcising
exorcize2644893exorci_ze
exorcized2843753exorcized
exordiums1942743exordiums
exoticisms2155713exoticisms
exoticist1887993exoticist_
exotisms1746723exo_tisms
extremists1984533extremists
florists1138813flor_ists
hornists11208833_hornists
narcists1078113_narcists
recordists1344403recordists
reformists1544123reformists
tenorists948193tenor_ists

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 Filter1786911486410.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit148641416.93621430.4
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691417.43524033.8
 
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