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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 “abashes” 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.

57 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
abashes1251037(None) 
abases85720771abas_es
abashed1357661abashed
bashes115631391_bashes
abase76023482abas_e_
abased96514992abas_ed
abaser86414342abas_er
abasers95311972abasers
abash106016512abash__
abasias9711012abasias
abates85825032aba_tes
abuses85119102abus_es
abysses1234862abysses
amasses93912852amasses
ambushes1535802ambushes
apaches143411832apaches
ashes86230612__ashes
baases85218012baas_es
baches135426942_baches
bases75644352_bas_es
bashed126225702_bashed
basher115123812_basher
bashers124820832_bashers
basses85428302_basses
bastes85330382_bastes
bathes116524832_bathes
boshes114721882_boshes
brashes124518462brashes
bushes115226112_bushes
calashes13310532calashes
cashes114729882_cashes
clashes124017282clashes
crashes124618402crashes
dashes106124982_dashes
deashes113313902deashes
fashes124524022_fashes
flashes133916102flashes
gamashes1456942gamashes
gashes105725152_gashes
gnashes11419572gnashes
hashes125024802_hashes
lashes94831002_lashes
lavashes1445572lavashes
leashes103514402leashes
mashes115030002_mashes
pashes115828392_pashes
plashes124417392plashes
quashes192110972quashes
rashes95330152_rashes
sashes94728482_sashes
slashes103619102slashes
smashes123914612smashes
snashes105214752snashes
stashes103916172stashes
swashes134714402swashes
trashes104119262trashes
washes124425492_washes

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671573.37631893.1
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691573.77947285.3
 
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