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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 “priest” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

104 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
priest8412542(None) 
driest74722751driest
prest75736351pr_est
pries74339531pries_
priests93810861priests
spriest92718641spriest
wriest94419711wriest
aeriest73924052aeriest
airest63825262airest
airiest74221012airiest
aridest8316142aridest
arrest63722632arrest
artiest73121992artiest
bries74942152bries_
crest74632692cr_est
cries75438402cries_
direst75024242direst
drest65530342dr_est
dries64733672dries_
dryest104811122dryest
eeriest73620672eeriest
fliest94718432fliest
freest95318282freest
fries85535602fries_
goriest82218742goriest
grist65529872gri_st
iciest82914742iciest
miriest93619822miriest
orbiest9312412orbiest
orient6322532orient
paciest112917802paciest
palest83926222palest
paliest93021602paliest
paries84742512paries_
perkiest143313242perkiest
pertest9317042pertest
pest65555292p__est
pies66949602p_ies_
piniest93121132piniest
pipiest113114492pipiest
plies74526512plies_
pokiest133314912pokiest
porkiest143513712porkiest
porniest103214312porniest
poxiest163412252poxiest
prees75937172prees_
presa74319042pr_esa
prese75228382pr_ese
preset84430982pr_eset
press75425952pr_ess
presto84216202pr_esto
prests84021262pr_ests
pretest9517632pretest
prices104524542prices_
priciest122112902priciest
prides94324182prides_
pried84426862prie_d
prier75027762prie_r
priers84521192priers
priested1138392priested
priestly1345842priestly
prigs85219702prigs_
primes104225262primes_
primmest14226692primmest
prims95425932prims_
print74837462pri_nt
prints84320102prints
prise74632612pri_se
prised94322202prised
prises84133172prises
prism94820262pri_sm
priss74623892pri_ss
prissy11347852prissy
privet113821342privet
privets122910052privets
priviest132310312priviest
prizes173819812prizes_
prosiest10416522prosiest
prost75434102pr_ost
protest9317532protest
prowest12311532prowest
puniest92918092puniest
purest84021932purest
purist85525052puri_st
pursiest102812122pursiest
purtiest102414112purtiest
reest54938092_reest
rest46459842_r_est
rifest93114582_rifest
ripest84317942_ripest
shiest95821522shiest
sliest66621952sliest
spiriest102513452spiriest
spryest12247812spryest
tries55742812tries_
tritest7315272tritest
truest64816192truest
veriest103719132veriest
wariest105122502wariest
wiriest103816852wiriest
wrest84925432wr_est
wries85827742wries_
wrist84827562wri_st
wryest12429112wryest

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511042.22037185.1
3Display Results1041040.0303466.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911042.59368912.8
 
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