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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 “himself” 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.

53 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
himself154428(None) 
hisself1335911hisself
herself1337622herself
hirsel9138682hirsel_
hirsels10128342hirsels
itself946262_itself
ainsell796393ainsell
chisel112111943chi_sel_
chisels12219103chi_sels
damsel9148033damsel_
damsels10126703damsels
diesel74410403diesel_
diesels8429143diesels
gimel8313353gim_el_
gimels938893gim_els
hansel95214373hansel_
hansels104011653hansels
hassel95614213hassel_
hassels104311013hassels
hims95230973hims___
hirseled12106253hirseled
hirsle9159573hirs_le
hirsled11118113hirsled
hirsles101510073hirsles
hissed104114453hisse_d
hisser94713793hisse_r
hissers104112313hissers
hisses94719353hisse_s
homely145313173hom_ely
hosel86024813h_osel_
hosels94218603h_osels
housel95217043housel_
housels105312133housels
impel95711773_impel_
impels10389523_impels
missel85216523missel_
missels94614813missels
myself1445593_myself
nonself1078513nonself
oneself1046073oneself
ourself1057453ourself
rimosely1343943rimosely
self75138293___self
simnel857023simnel_
simnels976103simnels
theirself1551263theirself
thyself1643033thyself
timely113410113tim_ely
tinsel639443tinsel_
tinsels738373tinsels
whimsey18373893whimse_y
whimseys19322463whimseys
wisely122711713wi_sely

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 Filter1786911340270.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit134027537.21618573.6
3Display Results53530.0331606.1
 (SQL Overall)178691537.65923330.9
 
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