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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 “selects” 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.

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
selects9191214(None) 
elects83315001_elects
select82621171select_
defects134511522defects
deflects14336732deflects
dejects17389222dejects
delicts104012252delicts
deselects1244492deselects
detects104011092detects
ejects15409952_ejects
elect74327032_elect_
erects84116182_erects
neglects1144382neglects
prelects1299722prelects
reelects103110882reelects
refects124012742refects
reflects13288872reflects
rejects163910692rejects
relents74018502relents
relets64025672rele_ts
relicts94414592relicts
relucts9369672relucts
resects94115592resects
reselects1156412reselects
sects75622892s__ects
selected1159782selected
selectee10910492selectee
selectees1147012selectees
selectly1346562selectly
selector1048612selector
selectors1148962selectors
senecas939012senecas
silents73514492silents
sklents11348162sklents
sleets64318872s_leets
splents93912132splents

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671363.51630623.2
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.93545410.7
 
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