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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 “jostles” 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.

37 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
jostles14341114(None) 
jostle13319861jostle_
jostled15267081jostled
jostler14288221jostler
jostlers15357681jostlers
justles143311431justles
apostles1037752apostles
bottles94216272bottles
bustles93816322bustles
castles94917732castles
costless10310002costless
dottles83912282dottles
footles103715712footles
hostels103712312hostels
hostiles11312212hostiles
hostler103411022hostler
hostlers113310482hostlers
hustles103414172hustles
istles62814982_istles
joggles164410412joggles
joles125230832jo__les
joshes165114852jos_hes
josses135117682jos_ses
joules134116822jo_ules
justle133211582justle_
justled15338092justled
mottles93415802mottles
nestles73015462nestles
ostler63312192_ostler
ostlers72911202_ostlers
pestles93217692pestles
posoles9314882posoles
posties93128812posties
pottles93816982pottles
rootles73215632rootles
rustles73416412rustles
tootles72915602tootles

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671373.06335152.1
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691373.43652005.5
 
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