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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 “protest” 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.

51 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
protest931753(None) 
pretest9517631pretest
protect11313631protect
protests10310491protests
protist9320221protist
prowest12311531prowest
iratest7312482iratest
pertest9317042pertest
poorest9312772poorest
portent93619642portent
potent84223352p_otent
prates84633162prates_
prest75736352pr__est
pretests10310012pretests
pretext1639662pretext
priest84125422pr_iest
probes104119452probes_
process11310402process
profess1237712profess
project1838452project
projet15315182proje_t
projets1639162projets
proles84627202proles_
promptest1546062promptest
prosect11313392prosect
proses84733472proses_
prosiest10416522prosiest
prost75434102pro__st
protea82214762prote_a
protean92412192protean
proteas92015122proteas
protease10209892protease
protects1239742protects
protege1059152protege
protei82615312prote_i
proteid103513672proteid
protein92414732protein
protend104012792protend
proteose10229412proteose
protested12159112protested
protester111510482protester
protestor11178492protestor
proteus92511592proteus
protists10313362protists
proudest1138942proudest
proves114322252proves_
provost1238572provost
prowess1237902prowess
retest64028452_retest
rotes56143902_rotes_
tritest7315272tritest

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit107671513.72028943.8
3Display Results51510.0301700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691514.18642687.8
 
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