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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 “ascot” 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.

44 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
ascot7652251(None) 
ascots85312511ascots
escot75320081escot
mascot104016071mascot
scot66242611_scot
abbot9318452abbot
accost101112262accost
act59557842a_c_t
afoot8420112afoot
allot54933872allot
ancon75718232ancon
arco68331542arco_
argot67728652argot
ascent84519652ascent
asci66519142asc_i
ascus75013582ascus
askoi9507802askoi
askos95011772askos
asset55932262asset
assort64916382assort
cot510483222__cot
dicot85429092dicot
escort84616482escort
escots84211742escots
gascon9339722gascon
mascon103612742mascon
mascots113910342mascots
picot95031012picot
sabot7931782sabot
scat65848372_scat
scoot75729152_scoot
scop85925522_scop
scots74025912_scots
scout75031452_scout
scow96021422_scow
scut65835542_scut
shot76150262_shot
slot46049832_slot
snot44745452_snot
soot45761062_soot
sot310384302_s_ot
spot65540692_spot
stot46347332_stot
swot75134662_swot

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800441.68631909.8
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691441.99889434.9
 
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