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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 “was” 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.

42 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
was6876756(None) 
aas310975391aas
as211083071_as
bas58681751bas
fas68262931fas
gas48870251gas
has67372651has
kas77058581kas
las37281471las
mas58175811mas
pas58775741pas
ras37575391ras
tas38477101tas
twas76824081twas
vas67755771vas
wab87051831wab
wabs97337231wabs
wad77053891wad
wads87343141wads
wae67556951wae
waes76048601waes
wag76451751wag
wags86140551wags
wan66761931wan
wans76452261wans
wap86553371wap
waps96642081waps
war67262421war
wars78659801wars
wash106033811wash
wasp95626851wasp
wast75655851wast
wat67378921wat
wats77555881wats
waw97046381waw
waws106834901waws
wax137041181wax
way96757661way
ways107737951ways
wis66552331wis
wos66953531wos
zas126946831zas

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 Filter17869151460.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit5146420.09355333.3
3Display Results42420.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691420.1731032896.0
 
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