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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 “festooned” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

47 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
festooned134430(None) 
festoon1037672festoon__
festoonery1692042festoonery
festoons1136442festoon_s
bastioned1246863bastioned
bestowed14156623best_owed
bestrowed1585173bestrowed
cartooned1246313cartooned
destained1158253destained
destined103312453dest_ined
destroyed1445083destroyed
estopped1334993_estopped
estrone7413953_estrone_
estrones8313323_estrones
fashioned16114463fashioned
fastened12257853fast_ened
felstone1146863felst_one_
felstones1246963felst_ones
festered122512113fest_ered
festooning1444493festooning
fissioned1345523fissioned
lesioned936903les_ioned
lessoned945393les_soned
mentioned1246833mentioned
oestrone849973oestrone_
oestrones949773oestrones
platooned1244403platooned
postponed1445903postponed
questioned2043183questioned
ratooned977103_ratooned
rattooned1043843rattooned
respooled1245593respooled
restocked1655173restocked
restoked135710533rest_oked
restored96417193rest_ored
retooled938473re_tooled
sectioned1246523sectioned
spooned103412443__spooned
stoned75923143__st_oned
stooged94310733__stooged
stooked124312303__stooked
stooled84313893__stooled
stooped103813833__stooped
swooned11368593__swooned
testoon748373testoon__
testoons837323testoon_s
unstoned9311043unst_oned

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641477.53019739.8
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691477.96922423.3
 
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