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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 “punsters” 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.

41 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
punsters10331058(None) 
munsters104010551munsters
pensters103012121pensters
punster92911101punster_
punters93617051pun_ters
bunters94717122bun_ters
bursters1038982bursters
busters94724132bu_sters
dusters84918362du_sters
hunters103915732hun_ters
justers143815732ju_sters
lusters73921442lu_sters
minsters103813922minsters
monsters103314552monsters
muensters1143252muensters
munster93710522munster_
musters94522512mu_sters
ousters74122792ou_sters
pasters94531732p_asters
penster92811952penster_
pesters93827092p_esters
piasters102912812piasters
pinasters1136822pinasters
plasters103518132plasters
posters93928012p_osters
presters103419002presters
pulsers94213152puls_ers
punchers152610072punchers
punishers1434972punishers
punkers133714862pun_kers
punners94114242pun_ners
punter84320032pun_ter_
pursers93916092purs_ers
pursuers10376522pursuers
pushers123814502pu_shers
putters94219192pu_tters
questers17168772questers
spinsters1136612spinsters
ulsters72711982_ulsters
uniters73814172_uniters
unsteps936212_unsteps

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059413.78032026.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691414.18642687.8
 
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