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

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

37 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
merchandizes295266(None) 
merchandises2072891merchandises
merchandize2852681merchandize_
merchandized3052311merchandized
mechanizes2646772me_chan_izes
merchandise1952852merchandise_
merchandised2152142merchandised
merchandiser2061922merchandiser
merchandisers2161312merchandisers
mechanize2547073me_chan_ize_
mechanized2745883me_chan_ized
mechanizer2645043me_chan_izer
mechanizers2753533me_chan_izers
merchandizing3162283merchandizing
merchandizings3261173merchandizings
mirandizes2244123mir__andizes
archaizes2346444_archa__izes
euthanizes2265904_euthan_izes
germanizes2248154ger_man_izes
gormandizes2474214gor_mandizes
grecianizes2353224grecian_izes
mechanics1845984me_chan_i_cs
mechanisms1945724me_chan_isms
mechanists1745894me_chan_ists
melanizes20410384me__lan_izes
mercantile1453514merc_antile_
mercenaries1555444mercenari_es
mercerizes2346054merc__erizes
merchandising2261814merchandising
merchandisings2371044merchandisings
merchanted1844484merchan__ted
merchanting1944314merchanti_ng
merchantmen2051894merchan_tmen
merchants1646224merchan___ts
methodizes2545584me_th_odizes
mirandize2144354mir__andize_
mirandized2343504mir__andized

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 Filter1786911247900.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit124790377.64016333.8
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691378.04922200.4
 
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