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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forforestaysails” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

24 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
forestaysails19753(None) 
forestaysail188701forestaysail_
foresails1247154fore____sails
forestalls1345804forest___alls
forestays1546624forestay____s
staysails1242854____staysails
foremanships2253735fore_manships
foresail1147825fore____sail_
forestages1446735forest___ages
forestal11410285forest___a_l_
forestall1246915forest___a_ll
forestallers1552505foresta_llers
forestalling1653635foresta_lling
forestation1447005foresta__tion
forestations1546325foresta_tions
forestay1448195forestay_____
forestial1247235forest__ia_l_
forestlands1552145forest__lands
forestries1348565forest___ries
foretastes1375595fore_ta_s_tes
foretasting1554425fore_ta_sting
horsetails1344745horset___ails
reassails945295__re__assails
staysail1143525____staysail_

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790249.43613224.9
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691249.85818126.5