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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 “optimisms” 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.

35 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
optimisms155522(None) 
optimises1346081optimises
optimism1445211optimism_
optimists1345291optimists
opiumisms1542632opiumisms
opticists1346432opticists
optimise1255582optimis_e
optimised1444312optimised
optimist1256872optimis_t
optimizes2245422optimizes
optimums1442562optim_ums
actinisms1398883actinisms
activisms16106393activisms
animisms12328393_animisms
atomisms12269573_atomisms
atticisms1367413atticisms
intimists1147493intimists
nativisms14105993nativisms
obiisms1135673o_bi_isms
opiumism1442893opiumism_
opticians1345543opticians
opticist1248923opticis_t
optimes1148473optim__es
optimising1544493optimising
optimistic1654303optimistic
optimize2145503optimi_ze
optimized2344963optimized
optimizer2244123optimizer
optimizers2343023optimizers
optimum1343353optim_um_
otitises839163o_titises
poeticisms1647343poeticisms
routinisms1245783routinisms
totemisms1344913totemisms
vorticisms1745783vorticisms

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641357.17320722.3
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.60923484.2
 
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