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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 “paymasters” 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.

35 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
paymasters174384(None) 
paymaster1643871paymaster_
palmisters1444672palmisters
spymasters1742802spymasters
amassers10337843_a_massers
ballasters1245093ballasters
bandmasters1684183bandmasters
cadasters1236833ca_dasters
cytasters1483663_cytasters
gamesters1236733ga_mesters
hamsters13710423ha_m_sters
haymakers21104553hayma_kers
headmasters17174303headmasters
lamisters1157123la_misters
lamsters1099753la_m_sters
loadmasters1453313loadmasters
masters94628923___masters
outmasters1245733outmasters
palmister1345053palmister_
parameters1448123parameters
pasters94531733p___asters
piasters102912813p__iasters
pilasters1138223p_ilasters
pinasters1136823p_inasters
plasters103518133p__lasters
playmakers2143103playma_kers
playmates1646603playma_te_s
poetasters1245283poetasters
postmasters15115323postmasters
remasters11310583_remasters
rhymesters1842603rhymesters
spymaster1642583spymaster_
taskmasters1752633taskmasters
webmasters1742913webmasters
yardmasters1752733yardmasters

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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603355.53025425.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691355.98629851.5
 
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