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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 “perlite” 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.

36 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
perlite931732(None) 
pearlite1039441pearlite
pelite84323001pe_lite
penlite9313241penlite
perlites10316361perlites
aerolite8315052aerolite
berline93716852berline
cerite84724872cer_ite
elite56230182_e_lite
ferlie92814052ferli_e
ferrite103312752ferrite
kernite1159472kernite
marlite92917072marlite
partite9317132partite
pealike131211272pealike
pearlites1138232pearlites
peglike14136772peglike
pelites93821992pe_lites
penlites10312272penlites
perdie94718512perdi_e
periti8319952per_iti
perlitic12310582perlitic
permit10321682permit_
permits11314002permits
permute1138792permute
petite84320652pe_tite
polite83625072p_olite
prelate9519692prelate
prelife1279942prelife
purline93516532purline
pyrite11913312pyr_ite
tergite8311002tergite
termite9313892termite
verite94323442ver_ite
yperite1249892yper_ite
zeolite1638902zeolite

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671363.12334476.8
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.49951069.2
 
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