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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 “introspection” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 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
introspection176462(None) 
introspections1864061introspections
introjection2156202intro_jection
introspecting18123572introspecting
introspectional1972632introspectional
introspective2073572introspective
retrospection1784312retrospection
inspection1446663in___spection
intersection14610183inters_ection
introduction1555783intro_duction
introjections2255783intro_jections
introspect1474383introspect___
introspected1752843introspect_ed
introspects15103033introspect__s
retrospections1894173retrospections
inspections1546424in___spections
intellection1466164int_ellection
interconnection1963124interconnection
interjection2198924int_erjection
intersections1598964inters_ections
interspersion1564394interspersion
intraspecies1662804intraspec_ies
introductions1655134intro_ductions
introgression1463054introgression
introjecting2254254intro_jecting
introspectively2572214introspectively
introversion1554084intro_version
retroflection1854044retroflection
retrospecting1863454retrospecting
retrospective2083514retrospective
trisection1245984__tris_ection

Search took 9 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 Filter178691950240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit95024317.64012437.7
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691318.02922255.7
 
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