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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 “pointillistic” 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.

30 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
pointillistic176214(None) 
pointillist1354252pointillist__
pointillists1453072pointillist_s
pointillism1553003pointillis__m
pointillisms1662563pointillis_ms
positivistic1972874positi_vistic
bimetallistic1971565bimetallistic
centralistic1655115_centralistic
colonialistic1773185colonialistic
mentalistic1555985_ment_alistic
monopolistic1854355mo_nopolistic
nihilistic1554335_ni_hi_listic
nominalistic1653815nomin__alistic
nonrealistic1454965no_nrealistic
nontheistic1655475no_nt_heistic
optimistic1654305_o_pti_mistic
pantheistic1855165p_ant_heistic
pietistic1346305p_iet___istic
pointelles1245015pointelles___
pointiest1139625pointi__est__
polytheistic2262855polyt_heistic
populistic1644855po___pulistic
primitivistic2271765primitivistic
probabilistic2161625probabi_listic
pugilistic1553465p__ugi_listic
ritualistic1354125_ri_tualistic
socialistic1565815so__cialistic
tonsillitis1152255to_nsilli_tis
totalistic1246595to__t_alistic
vitalistic1545865_vi_t_alistic

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790309.31313399.5
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691309.73218361.2
 
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