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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 “gastrula” 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
gastrula95397(None) 
gastrulae1042371gastrulae
gastrular1042761gastrular
gastrulas1043621gastrulas
gastraea954382gastraea
gastral8329552gastral_
gastrea847222gastr_ea
gastrulate1143652gastrulate
sastruga942532sastruga
zastruga1841892zastruga
astral66919283_astral_
astrals75515243_astrals
blastula1043823blast_ula
estrual7367933_estrual
fistula1045503fist_ula
gastraeas1063573gastraeas
gastreas957253gastreas
gastric1038633gastr_ic
gastrin839833gastr_in
gastrins9310123gastrins
gastrulated1352973gastrulated
gastrulates1253453gastrulates
gestural946033gestural
ghastful1543303ghastful_
pastural1038413pastural
sastrugi942313sastrugi
struma84313273__struma
vascula1245853vas_cula
wastrel1037553wastrel_
wastrels1136203wastrels
zastrugi1841753zastrugi

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162317.37619815.9
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.79522923.8
 
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