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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 “strictnesses” 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.

28 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
strictnesses144541(None) 
straitnesses1246212straitnesses
strictness1245642strictne_s_s
abstractnesses1862293abstractnesses
directnesses1595283directnesses
erectnesses1347473_erectnesses
richnesses1537803__richnesses
selectnesses1446113selectnesses
shrillnesses1543503shrillnesses
sicknesses1636763s__icknesses
slicknesses1745193s_licknesses
spicinesses1547103s_picinesses
sprucenesses1694613sprucenesses
staidnesses1237193stai_dnesses
stickinesses1845083st_ickinesses
stiffnesses1743593st_iffnesses
stillnesses1146733st_illnesses
stoutnesses1146973st_outnesses
straightnesses1872583straightnesses
stringinesses14124533stringinesses
stripteases1352683stript_eases
swiftnesses1744503s_wiftnesses
tacitnesses1336323_tacitnesses
thicknesses2043913_thicknesses
trickinesses1845223_trickinesses
trignesses1188213_tri_gnesses
trimnesses1287753_tri_mnesses
tritenesses11710393_tritenesses

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 Filter178691950240.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit95024283.76625232.1
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691284.13843182.9
 
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