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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 “perishable” 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
perishable174526(None) 
perishables1852821perishables
cherishable2152352cherishable
imperishable2153352imperishable
perusable1347452perus_able
punishable1743282punishable
relishable1544522relishable
crushable1645263_crushable
demisable1448533demis_able
derisible1245773deris_ible
derivable1548063deri_vable
devisable1546853devis_able
erasable10511043_eras_able
fishable1637593__fishable
heritable1439453heri_table
imperishables2261773imperishables
imperishably2462853imperishably
nonperishable2072853nonperishable
parsable12311693par_s_able
perdurable1544753perdurable
peristyle1444303peris_tyle
permeable1556823per_meable
permissible1752973permissible
permutable1644983permutable
personable1467073personable
priceable1546823p_riceable
printable1338203p_rintable
publishable2051583publishable
pursuable1344693pur_suable
revisable1437993revis_able
seisable10311373se_is_able
tarnishable1652183tarnishable
verifiable1843683verifiable
veritable1448743veri_table
weighable1843143we_ighable

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603356.84320547.0
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.27924548.8
 
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