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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 “median” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

47 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
median9411754(None) 
media84721711media_
mediad104313711mediad
mediae94217411mediae
medial93819861medial
medians103214211medians
mediant103516701mediant
medias93620781medias
medina94114091medina
mesian84315501mesian
bedpan1137582bedpan
comedian1347452comedian
madman113712382madman
magian9312832magian
mean65538092me__an
medal86221332med_al
mediacy1536142mediacy
medials103914732medials
medianly14125942medianly
mediants11299492mediants
mediate103415212mediate
medic104619652medi_c
medical12312512medical
medicant13910822medicant
medick154010132medick
medico113711162medico
medics114115352medics
medigap1374622medigap
medii84513492medi_i
medinas103411462medinas
medium113711622medium
medius93613282medius
medivac1554692medivac
medlar93010462medlar
medusan1044712medusan
menial84223032menial
meridian1147682meridian
merman10513862merman
mesial84818082mesial
messan83912062messan
radian74117272radian
redan66125012red_an
redia65524482redia_
rediae74221992rediae
redial74923112redial
redias74523602redias
sedan65620422sed_an

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551472.25036689.3
3Display Results47470.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691472.59668833.2
 
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