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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 “saltish” 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.

32 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
saltish1031216(None) 
baldish1339502baldish
cattish12410722cattish
coltish121310932coltish
cultish12139112cultish
doltish11118732doltish
fattish1359262fattish
latish92416172la_tish
palish114718272pal_ish
rattish10510822rattish
sailfish1446052sailfish
salmis8514272salmis_
saltbush1342132saltbush
saltest71916512saltest
saltie63422432salti_e
saltier74318632saltier
salties73725772salties
saltiest83117722saltiest
saltily10310542saltily
saltine75018562saltine
salting84120792salting
saltire73113042saltire
salts55431882salt_s_
satis55633682sa_tis_
sawfish1637682sawfish
selfish1388512selfish
slavish1338232slavish
smallish1346572smallish
softish13127812softish
sottish10129442sottish
tallish103313582tallish
tartish101512632tartish

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671323.54630364.1
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.93545410.7
 
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