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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 “coatless” 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.

41 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
coatless103969(None) 
coalless1038191coalless
costless10310001costless
beatless103311592beatless
boltless10338282boltless
bootless103410982bootless
capless114312762c_apless
carless95118492c_arless
chadless1436402chadless
chartless1435702chartless
clawless1334122clawless
coalers94419352coa_lers
coatdress1243192coatdress
coatees93816552coat_ees
coaters93525792coat_ers
coattest1038862coattest
coattests1143462coattests
codeless112010112codeless
cookless14258632cookless
cordless11299962cordless
coreless103013832coreless
countless1146372countless
coxless1637742co_xless
fatless103212202_fatless
foamless13195842foamless
footless113710802footless
goalless935722goalless
hatless103813442_hatless
heatless113011462heatless
loamless10235212loamless
loftless1135902loftless
matless93014042_matless
meatless103410862meatless
oarless73913372_oarless
poetless1038722poetless
portless10310642portless
roadless937702roadless
rootless83910442rootless
seatless83213002seatless
soapless10278072soapless
toadless936312toadless

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059413.64333230.6
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691414.04944132.1
 
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