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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 “maxim” 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.

45 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
maxim16521600(None) 
maim85831491ma_im
maxi137023561maxi_
maxima17568631maxima
maxims17399671maxims
maxis145721561maxis
aim57858212_a_im
axil116424452_axil
axiom143913592_axiom
axis116127912_axis
hakim14311832hakim
madam10316222madam
mafia104418032mafia
mafic125615462mafic
magi76329532magi_
magic105818652magic
maid75537662ma_id
mail65543452ma_il
maims96321792ma_ims
main65345522ma_in
mair66133782ma_ir
malic94525662malic
malm85129982ma_lm
mamie95826002mamie
mania75634152mania
manic94629442manic
maria75032882maria
matin75132852matin
mavie104722562mavie
mavin105722952mavin
mavis105622722mavis
max129045452max__
maxed155821192maxed
maxes145629532maxes
maximal18347092maximal
maximin1835262maximin
maximum1743572maximum
maxing164817072maxing
maxixe1435222maxixe
mim76048422m__im
minim97321602minim
moxie144018122moxie
oxim131114052_oxim
taxi117124762taxi_
taxis126821972taxis

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800451.50035866.7
3Display Results45450.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691451.593112172.6
 
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