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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forrefractories” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

14 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
refractories175450(None) 
refectories1646432ref_ectories
refractorily2062522refractorily
refractoriness1962222refractoriness
refractors15156272refractor__s
factories14810123__f_actories
olfactories1653563olf_actories
rectories11314663re___ctories
reflectorizes2773543reflectorizes
reformatories1862553reformatories
refractometries22112393refractometries
refractor14156323refractor___
refractory18134773refractor__y
retractors12158583retractor__s

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024144.10623142.7
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691144.46640011.4