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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 “shigella” 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.

31 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
shigella124307(None) 
shigellae1342721shigellae
shigellas1343141shigellas
nigella844522_nigella
clitella1043673clitella
flagella1244563flagella
micella11106833_micella
nigellas944723_nigellas
quinella1744053quinella
scilla8310943sci__lla
scutella1043553scutella
sheila969843sh__eila
shell84424123sh__ell_
shellac1236693sh__ellac
shells94319523sh__ells
shelly124414473sh__elly
shelta93111793sh__elta
shiel811023773shi_e_l_
shield106212973shi_e_ld
shields11538043shi_elds
shiels95418923shi_e_ls
shill85325333shi__ll_
shillala11143803shillala
shillelah15141973shillelah
shills94519613shi__lls
sigla64515203s_ig__la
spinelle1046223spinelle
spirilla1045073spirilla
stella63612973s__tella
weigela1143073weige_la
weigelia1242213weigelia

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162317.20320291.8
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.65523343.0
 
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