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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forhaircloth” 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.

19 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
haircloth175298(None) 
haircloths1852461haircloths
sailcloth1462572sailcloth
backcloth2294563backcloth
facecloth1952883facecloth
haircut1246833hairc_ut_
haircuts1343663hairc_uts
hairlock1754023hair_lock
halachoth16103813halachoth
halloth134111253ha__lloth
haricot12311963haric_ot_
haricots1347333haric_ots
harlot94422803ha_r_lot_
harlots103413293ha_r_lots
loincloth1461863loincloth
oilcloth1342783_oilcloth
sackcloth2072983sackcloth
sailcloths1572483sailcloths
washcloth2052433washcloth

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641196.65622331.9
3Display Results19190.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691196.82926166.5