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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 “shigellas” 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.

24 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
shigellas134314(None) 
shigella1243061shigella_
shigellae1342721shigellae
nigellas944722_nigellas
nigella844523_nigella_
quinellas1843793quinellas
scillas9310473sci__llas
sheilas1059403sh__eilas
shellac1236693sh__ellac
shellacs1345573sh__ellacs
shells94319523sh__ell_s
sheltas10279673sh__eltas
shields11538043shi_e_lds
shiels95418923shi_e_l_s
shigelloses1551623shigelloses
shigellosis1551253shigellosis
shillalas12133293shillalas
shillelah15141973shillelah
shillelahs16142043shillelahs
shills94519613shi__ll_s
spinelles1146083spinelles
stellas72813043s__tellas
weigelas1243103weige_las
weigelias1342313weigelias

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641247.12620859.0
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691247.57823580.2
 
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