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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 “attorney” 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.

34 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
attorney117373(None) 
attorned955361attorned
attorneys1252031attorneys
attorn6310792attorn__
attorns738442attorn_s
acorned10238283a_corned
actorly1246423actor_ly
adorned9256893a_dorned
adorner8246983a_dorner
astony9510523asto_n_y
atone56527983a_to_ne_
atoned75417543a_to_ned
atoner64817193a_to_ner
atones65225773a_to_nes
atony87218853a_to_n_y
attained997353attained
attainer8116913attainer
attire62412383attir_e_
attired8238913attir_ed
attires72312953attir_es
attorning1045503attorning
attornment1274583attornment
attune637983att_une_
attuned835173att_uned
attunes737823att_unes
autogeny1245233autogeny
patterned1265743patterned
rattooned1043843rattooned
stoney96217353_sto_ney
storey95217613_stor_ey
thorned11479403_thorned
thorny12509843_thorn_y
toney86027413__to_ney
tourney1036273_tourney

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162347.14020470.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.60923484.2
 
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