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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 “dabsters” 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.

35 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
dabsters113705(None) 
dabster1036701dabster_
abaters95115202_abaters
asters65631602_a_sters
basters94930312ba_sters
casters94729902ca_sters
dabbers123813212dab_bers
dabblers13379362dabblers
darters84017612da_rters
dashers115016862da_shers
daters74827372da__ters
daunters9329852daunters
daystars1243902daystars
debaters113511922debaters
diasters92913182diasters
diesters92513602diesters
dragsters1134332dragsters
dusters84918362d_usters
easters75125682ea_sters
fibsters13126412fibsters
gagsters10317082gagsters
gasters85624302ga_sters
hamsters13710422hamsters
lamsters1099752lamsters
lasters75627692la_sters
lobsters10268742lobsters
masters94628922ma_sters
mobsters12359062mobsters
pasters94531732pa_sters
rasters74629022ra_sters
tapsters10318802tapsters
tasters74225642ta_sters
waisters113811522waisters
wasters104026592wa_sters
websters1335802websters

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911210590.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit121059357.97015189.3
3Display Results35350.0331060.6
 (SQL Overall)178691358.79920308.1
 
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