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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fortourmaline” 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.

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
tourmaline124350(None) 
tourmalines1343481tourmalines
formalin1347313fo_rmalin_
formalins1447213fo_rmalins
formalise14239783fo_rmalise
formalize232710033fo_rmalize
journaling1843173journaling
journalize26113943journalize
normalise11259423no_rmalise
normalize203010103no_rmalize
thermalize2445773thermalize
touchline1444473tou_chline
tramline10311383t__ramline
tumpline1237113t_u_mpline

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 Filter1786911406030.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit140603145.75324439.9
3Display Results14140.0131076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691146.23228673.1