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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 “optimise” 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.

53 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
optimise125558(None) 
optimised1444311optimised
optimises1346081optimises
optimism1445211optimism
optimist1256871optimist
optimize2145501optimize
opticist1248922opticist
optime1079352optim__e
optimes1148472optimes_
optimisms1555222optimisms
optimists1345292optimists
optimized2344962optimized
optimizer2244122optimizer
optimizes2245422optimizes
antimine10714753antimine
atomise93013823_atomise
cutinise1048763cutinise
epitomise1345253epitomise
intimist10410213intimist
itemise997453_itemise
maximise1944913maximise
minimise1246863minimise
opiumism1442893opiumism
optative1347653optative
optician1247243optician
opticists1346433opticists
optics102810183opti_cs_
optima10106533optim__a
optimal1145783optim_al
optimising1544493optimising
optimistic1654303optimistic
optimizers2343023optimizers
optimum1343353optim_um
optimums1442563optimums
optionee1046513optionee
options93810603options_
ostomies10310583ostomies
otiose639403o_ti_ose
otitis63612343o_titis_
otitises839163o_titises
outraise8311933outraise
outsmile1046973outsmile
oxidise1545043o_xidise
premise113818553_premise
primine113214823_primine
primsie1137543_primsie
promise113415843_promise
satirise8310683satirise
stimies9316563_stimies
uptime1067673uptim__e
uptimes1177553uptimes_
utilise749063_utilise
victimise1674133victimise

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162536.51622431.2
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691536.95225703.5
 
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