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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 “obstetricians” 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.

33 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
obstetricians176169(None) 
obstetrician1662081obstetrician_
obstetrical1552353obstetric_a_l
obstetrics1452593obstetric___s
aestheticians1862744aesthet_icians
biometricians1982784biometricians
cosmeticians1863344cosmet_icians
estheticians1762874_esthet_icians
geometricians18153234geometricians
obstetric1342974obstetric____
obstetrically2053054obstetrically
aesthetician1763365aesthet_ician_
beauticians1552875_beaut_icians
biometrician18103425biometrician_
cliometricians2071905cliometricians
cosmetician1753935cosmet_ician_
dieticians1344125__diet_icians
econometricians21122115econometricians
electricians1653885_electricians
esthetician1653645_esthet_ician_
ethicians1445285____ethicians
geometrician17163925geometrician_
geriatricians1661845geriatricians
obsidians1243155obs____idians
obstructions16155525obs__tructions
opticians1345545o___pt_icians
patricians1456285___patricians
pediatricians1892175pediatricians
phoneticians1953405phonet_icians
rhetoricians1762015rhet_oricians
sabermetricians2171515sabermetricians
sericins10312465__s_e_rici_ns
steradians1143885__ste_radians

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790338.37314903.9
3Display Results33330.0331000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691338.79620315.0
 
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