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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 “bluestones” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 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
bluestones124464(None) 
bluestone1144861bluestone_
alumstones1243022alumstones
burstones1187152b_urstones
alumstone1143193alumstone_
bloodstones1453093bloodstones
bluelines1145833blue_lines
bluenoses1144223blue_noses
bluestem1243223bluest__em
bluestems1342223bluest_ems
bluetongues1451043blue_tongues
bondstones1375543bondstones
brimstones1464383brimstones
buhrstones1592933buhrstones
burrstones12113833burrstones
burstone1057133b_urstone_
claystones1544393claystones
copestones1467613copestones
eyestones1246323_eyestones
firestones1347113firestones
flagstones1444003flagstones
flowstones1643453flowstones
freestones1345703freestones
gladstones1244663gladstones
limestones1245013limestones
lodestones1145423lodestones
milestones1246373milestones
mudstones1245033_mudstones
pipestones1445423pipestones
pleustons1144283pleuston_s
sunstones947883_sunstones

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603317.44018898.3
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.87322696.7
 
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