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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 “flosses” 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.

53 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
flosses10341197(None) 
flossed11388531flossed
flosser10339691flosser
flossers11307861flossers
flossies112810121flossies
fosses96022081f_osses
glosses84014121glosses
losses65925231_losses
blesses93812392blesses
blisses94911512blisses
blouses94014462blouses
bosses85925402_bosses
classes94717942classes
closes85425592clo_ses
crosses94220792crosses
dosses76126272_dosses
drosses84513822drosses
fesses94820252f_esses
flashes133916102flashes
flenses1039472flenses
fleshes133913272fleshes
floes85528142flo__es
floosies113210232floosies
floss85118262flo_s_s
flossie10337442flossie
flossier11326972flossier
flossiest12296802flossiest
flossy12517702floss_y
flushes134114142flushes
fossas94610702f_ossas
fosse86119462f_osse_
frasses104314512frasses
fusses94920552f_usses
glasses84414272glasses
glossas8438192glossas
glossed94410072glossed
glosser83410812glosser
glossers9319052glossers
glossies93311252glossies
grosses84517682grosses
josses135117682_josses
lasses64827592_lasses
loesses7310032_loesses
looses67328242_looses
loses56742012_lo_ses
louses66230282_louses
mosses85527682_mosses
plisses94411772plisses
plusses93510692plusses
posses85128802_posses
prosses94019512prosses
sloshes103811802sloshes
tosses65225392_tosses

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 Filter1786911076710.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit107671533.34332207.9
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691533.50251025.4
 
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