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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 “obstinately” 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.

32 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
obstinately165219(None) 
festinately1752672festinately
obstinate1146332obstinate__
binately1345733_b__inately
obligately1652943ob_ligately
obstinacy1651783obstina__cy
abstinently1652244abstinently
bipinnately1891174_bipinnately
circinately1872834circinately
coordinately1852324coordinately
distinctly1653734distinct_ly
festinate1249474festinate__
festinated1447534festinate_d
festinates1348944festinate_s
fortunately1752044fortunately
hastately1543604hast__ately
insatiately1453524insati_ately
intimately1545104_intimately
obdurately1652054ob_durately
oblately1343924ob___lately
obscenely1651914obscen__ely
obsoletely1551834obs_oletely
obstinacies1572274obstinacies
obstinateness1562814obstinateness
ornately1144814o___rnately
ostinati846884o_stinat__i
ostinato846494o_stinat__o
ostinatos946174o_stinat_os
passionately1752054passionately
sinuately1243704__s_inuately
stately10310224__st__ately
ultimately1553064_ultimately

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819329.32615957.4
3Display Results32320.033969.7
 (SQL Overall)178691329.78218267.3
 
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