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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 “nihilists” 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.

34 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
nihilists124485(None) 
nihilisms1444871nihilisms
nihilist1147161nihilist_
niellists944792niellists
nihilism1345192nihilis_m
nihilistic1554332nihilistic
nihility1446202nihili_ty
animalists1258243animalists
biblists1236873bi_blists
chiliasts14134343_chiliasts
civilises14106093civilises
dialists9411413di_alists
diallists1056003diallists
ethicists1445443ethicists
finalists123010163finalists
holists104413963__holists
homilists1456813homilists
idylists1244123_idylists
inhibits1345203inhibi_ts
intimists1147493intimists
libelists1146953libelists
midlists1137523mi_dlists
nativists12116253nativists
niellist848353niellist_
nihilities1348663nihilities
nihils937573nihil___s
novelists1245933novelists
pugilists12124513pugilists
shitlists1245533shitlists
simplists13266503simplists
titlists837293ti_tlists
violists1137663vi_olists
virilisms1446243virilisms
vitalists1239223vitalists

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641346.40623203.4
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.85826055.8
 
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