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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpugilistic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

14 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
pugilistic155346(None) 
pugilist11136632pugilist__
pugilists12124512pugilist_s
dualistic1246103du_alistic
familistic1754653familistic
legalistic1345273legalistic
nihilistic1554333nihilistic
pacifistic1953823pacifistic
philistia1454083p_hilistia
pluralistic1554053pluralistic
populistic1644853populistic
pugilism13144683pugilis__m
pugilisms14124093pugilis_ms
puristic1239383pu__ristic

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603145.96623567.4
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691146.37228043.2