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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 “scissors” 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.

56 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
scissors105435(None) 
scissor994121scissor_
scissions1145432scissions
scissored1243032scissored
scissure1043272scissure
scissures1143322scissures
seisors73212842sei_sors
assessors843933assessors
assistors945253assistors
caissons1036283caissons
castors94919443_castors
censors93611843_censors
ciscoes113610733_ciscoes
ciscos104711133_cisco_s
cissies94116153_cissies
cissoid1037343_cissoid
cissoids1145363_cissoids
cursors93910023_cursors
cussers94213403_cussers
cussos84210003_cusso_s
frissons1145043frissons
hissers104112313_hissers
incisors1095293inci_sors
kissers114211293_kissers
lessors73610523_lessors
missort9314653_missort
missorts1038323_missorts
pissers95014753_pissers
pissoirs1044693_pissoirs
plessors10278253plessors
pressors103212693pressors
rescissory1551803rescissory
sailors73213723sai_lors
schistous1443863schistous
schussers1442553schussers
scions82612243sci__ons
scissile1044623scissile
scission1045563scission
scissoring1343303scissoring
seisers73816393sei_sers
seisor63712343sei_sor_
seizors16329013sei_zors
sensors73514643s_ensors
signors83410913s_ignors
sisses64520603s_iss_es
sissies73716603s_issies
sisters73721593s_isters
spinors939423spi_nors
sponsors1045753sponsors
stressors955793stressors
successors1453013successors
suitors73012493sui_tors
swishers14328053swishers
swisses10417143swiss_es
tussors7388773_tussors
visors92912223_vi_sors

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162566.83021400.0
3Display Results56560.0134307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691567.26624592.8
 
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