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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 “dabster” 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.

38 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
dabster103670(None) 
dabsters1137051dabsters
abater85518122_abater
aster55434892_a_ster
baster85333602ba_ster
caster85232572ca_ster
dabber114816962dab_ber
dabbler124012152dabbler
dafter104813342da_fter
darter75320362da_rter
dasher104318982da_sher
dater65332312da__ter
daunter83811752daunter
daystar1143442daystar
debater104114692debater
diaster82813312diaster
diester83013682diester
dragster1034632dragster
duster74919722d_uster
easter65027982ea_ster
faster94625772fa_ster
fibster12146532fibster
gagster9317632gagster
gaster75027352ga_ster
hamster12810422hamster
lamster9109912lamster
laster64830632la_ster
lobster9288852lobster
master84831342ma_ster
mobster11299212mobster
paster85734372pa_ster
raster64731442ra_ster
tapster9299272tapster
taster64930572ta_ster
vaster94521022va_ster
waister103812382waister
waster95228942wa_ster
webster1236092webster

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671383.37331921.4
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.76547461.1
 
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