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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 “beltless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

33 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
beltless1029771(None) 
beatless103311591beatless
boltless10338281boltless
peltless10267371peltless
beakless14297382beakless
beamless12327002beamless
bedless1039702be_dless
beefless1335492beefless
beetlers1037402beetlers
beetles9312082beetle_s
belles85325992bel_le_s
belters93819412belt_ers
blotless10347152blotless
bootless103410982bootless
debtless1135652debtless
feetless1137382feetless
haltless11308442haltless
heatless113011462heatless
helmless1334272helmless
helpless1335062helpless
hiltless11297122hiltless
meatless103410862meatless
netless739862ne_tless
restless82713162restless
saltless8259342saltless
seatless83213002seatless
selfless1135012selfless
tentless8229842tentless
textless15245792textless
ventless11249052ventless
vestless11258842vestless
weldless12285812weldless
zestless17247432zestless

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059333.37635858.7
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.78247247.8
 
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