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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 “faults” 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.

69 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
faults9451355(None) 
faulds10438961faulds
fault85428311fault_
faulty12429361faulty
gaults74112781gaults
saults65816171saults
vaults94511671vaults
adults7299952adults
alts46639902_a_lts
aunts55227632_aunts
baulks12429372baulks
caulds95512382caulds
caules85927252caules
caulis85320082caulis
caulks125611862caulks
cauls75727772caul_s
cults75022552_cults
daunts75014082daunts
dauts67822242dau_ts
defaults1243332defaults
exults13257632exults
fables114921672fables
facets116316652facets
facts107021892fa_cts
faculty1535572faculty
fagots1039962fagots
fails85631482fail_s
faints94818782faints
falls85727652fa_lls
famulus1235042famulus
farles96025782farles
farls85731112farl_s
farts88336842fa_rts
fasts86429682fa_sts
fats76252502fa__ts
fauces114916152fauces
faucets12578442faucets
fauld95214492faul_d
faulted11227722faulted
faunas94013632faunas
fauns84516752fau_ns
fauves125610422fauves
felts85324542f_elts
flaunts1056132flaunts
fluyts12367152fluyts
fouls87221432foul_s
founts94313382founts
fruits94512492fruits
fulls84623522f_ulls
gault65128482gault_
halts85230102ha_lts
haulms11558502haulms
hauls86123732haul_s
haunts95614392haunts
jaunts137511882jaunts
malts76331752ma_lts
mauls76524952maul_s
mauts75927192mau_ts
moults84713702moults
poults84613482poults
salts55431882sa_lts
sauls55128122saul_s
sault55834962sault_
taunts65715662taunts
tauts56125512tau_ts
vault85823762vault_
vaulty12388442vaulty
vaunts95212622vaunts
wauls86120552waul_s

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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551692.65631080.9
3Display Results69690.0302300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691692.81263545.9
 
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