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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 “instate” 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.

50 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
instate7161648(None) 
instated91613341instated
instates81615831instates
unstate71916211unstate
ansate64517862ans_ate
bistate9313822bistate
costate94019272costate
estate64719762_estate
gestate83614072gestate
hastate10313912hastate
imitate9310872imitate
inflate10312312inflate
ingate73018242in_gate
ingrate8715122ingrate
initiate8412692initiate
inmate82917362in_mate
innate63917312in_nate
insane6314892ins_ane
insatiate948062insatiate
inscape1138022inscape
insnare748242insnare
insolate8311892insolate
instable10313202instable
instal6712192insta_l
install779362install
instals7611712instals
instance1049882instance
instant7815352instant
instanter946242instanter
instants8910152instants
instar6310012insta_r
instars7411132instars
instigate1048612instigate
insulate8312842insulate
inswathe1443692inswathe
intake10510862in_take
intestate9159872intestate
ministate1147262ministate
misstate10711342misstate
nictate9310222nictate
notate63217862_notate
nutate63017372_nutate
onstage838362onstage
reinstate948902reinstate
restate73824882restate
state56237332__state
testate73916232testate
unstated91615812unstated
unstates81314992unstates
upstate91610492upstate

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671503.56030244.7
3Display Results50500.0331515.2
 (SQL Overall)178691503.98344863.4
 
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