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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 “pat” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

51 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
pat5808946(None) 
apt57352541apt
at212393401_at
bat510988951bat
cat58282341cat
eat36989051eat
fat68178081fat
gat46880511gat
hat67289961hat
kat77468291kat
lat37593401lat
mat58083931mat
oat39888261oat
pa410456481pa_
pac79054081pac
pact86648721pact
pad68057321pad
pah88853591pah
pal56761671pal
pam77858391pam
pan58466441pan
pant66061251pant
pap76758401pap
par57467021par
part65967461part
pas58775741pas
past65959011past
pate65350461pate
path99134911path
pats66460851pats
paty95234561paty
paw87651171paw
pax127346851pax
pay88461181pay
peat65967931peat
pet56477301pet
phat95837861phat
pht86030521pht
pit56471921pit
plat66048871plat
pot58078431pot
prat65952041prat
pst57932511pst
put55759071put
qat125253331qat
rat37892741rat
sat36288481sat
spat66548521spat
tat37690291tat
vat67863451vat
wat67378921wat

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit5146510.09355333.3
3Display Results51510.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691510.1561145455.1
 
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