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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 “researched” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

36 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
researched164343(None) 
researcher1543011researcher
researches1544291researches
research1344552research__
researchers1652202researchers
searched14209252__searched
bescorched2042313bescorched
beseeched1743193bese_eched
besmirched2051933besmirched
coresearcher1961333coresearcher
despatched1953233despatched
reached134619083r__ea_ched
rebranched1843673rebranched
reearned948883re_ear_ned
regeared1039433regear__ed
rehearsed13305913rehear_sed
relearned1035633relear_ned
rematched1745223re_matched
repatched1745313re_patched
resealed92713963resea__led
researching1743423researching
researchist1652443researchist
reseasoned1143003reseasoned
reseated93220263resea__ted
resected112514743rese__cted
reselected1345633reselected
reserved121010583rese_r_ved
resketched2042313resketched
respaced1338503respa_c_ed
restacked1636483resta_cked
restarted10410053restar_ted
restitched1644133restitched
reteaches1437123retea_ches
searcher13209103__searcher
searches132112903__searches
starched14199313__starched

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 Limit140603366.39022003.6
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.81226231.8
 
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