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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 “ses” 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.

37 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
bes56557431bes
es29048221_es
eses45336101eses
ess36030881ess
fes66551671fes
hes66654201hes
les35663071les
oes35866191oes
oses46641511oses
pes57259781pes
res35565041res
sea36161291sea
seas45755271seas
sec55945321sec
secs65033891secs
see35772261see
sees45361051sees
seg45544881seg
segs54933881segs
sei36048931sei
seis45542391seis
sel38253321sel
sels46345981sels
sen36058521sen
ser36752401ser
sers45746651sers
set36681251set
sets45549501sets
sew66247261sew
sews75836021sews
sex107043221sex
shes75734351shes
sis37360541sis
sos37761601sos
sues46247651sues
uses44931111uses
yes66250611yes

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 Filter17869151460.233766914.2
2DLD Change Limit5146370.09355333.3
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691370.326548131.9
 
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