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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 “fastness” 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.

39 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
fastness1123876(None) 
fatness103311291fa_tness
gastness9278481gastness
pastness102510501pastness
vastness11257291vastness
aptness9268572_aptness
baseness10910942baseness
bassness1096742bassness
daftness1235532daftness
easiness8313042easiness
faintness1235832faintness
fairness1136562fairness
falseness1236092falseness
farness102912202fa_rness
fasteners12237062fasteners
fastens105511752fast_ens
fastest102413722fast_est
fastnesses1389082fastnesses
fatless103212202fa_tless
fattiness12239372fattiness
feastless1235042feastless
firstness1245012firstness
fitness10299392f_itness
flatness1138152flatness
fustiness121910242fustiness
hastiness122410882hastiness
justness1535322justness
lostness837682lostness
mastless102610022mastless
nastiness92310572nastiness
pastiness112312362pastiness
pastless102411202pastless
patness92912282pa_tness
raptness1046732raptness
rashness1138092rashness
saltness82610242saltness
tartness82210132tartness
tastiness92311142tastiness
tautness8217182tautness

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 Limit121059393.86031362.4
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691394.26341916.7
 
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