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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forgeriatrics” 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.

19 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
geriatrics134342(None) 
geriatric1244401geriatric_
pediatrics1544192pediatrics
bariatric1344003bariatric_
eristics10610193_erist_ics
erratics1046983_errat_ics
gematrias1275393ge_matrias
geometrics15127083geometrics
geriatrician1562073geriatrician
geriatricians1661843geriatricians
gyniatries1442973gyniatries
heritrices1555303heri_trices
mediatrices1653383mediatrices
paediatrics1652633paediatrics
pediatric1445273pediatric_
peritrich1645753peri_trich
peritrichs1753383peri_trichs
veratrias1246563ver_atrias
veratrins1247753ver_atrins

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603196.81320637.5
3Display Results19190.0131461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691197.24924650.4