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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 “photojournalista” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

23 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
photojournalist2781491photojournalist_
photojournalism2981422photojournalis_m
journalist1755006_____journalist_
journalists1853636_____journalists
parajournalism2571576p_arajournalis_m
parajournalisms2671356p_arajournalisms
photomurals1853396photo_mur_al_s__
emotionalist14146877emot_io__nalist_
emotionalists15155827emot_io__nalists
journalism1953877_____journalis_m
journalisms2053477_____journalisms
journalistic2152777_____journalistic
pastoralist1357467past__o_r_alist_
pastoralists1454957past__o_r_alists
paternalist1358597p_at___ernalist_
paternalists1456167p_at___ernalists
phenomenalist2064057ph__enomenalist_
phenomenalists2162867ph__enomenalists
photomural1754017photo_mur_al____
photoresist1656417phot__o_r_esist_
photoresists1754457phot__o_r_esists
pictorialist1675377pict__o_rialist_
pictorialists1774117pict__o_rialists

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024238.76610840.1
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691239.14219546.2
 
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