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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search formainsail” 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.

34 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
mainsail104515(None) 
mainsails1144841mainsails
gainsaid1043872gainsaid
maintain1077712maintain
moonsail1045252moonsail
agnail739523_agn_ail
ainsell796393_ainsell
airmail946203_airmail
assail6610153_a_ssail
fantail10310233fa_ntail
gainsay1144033gainsa_y
gainsays1243503gainsays
instil61111383__instil
maiasaur1042713maiasaur
mainland1145213mainland
mainmast1245863mainmast
mains75635093mains___
mainstay1344023mainstay
mainstays1443383mainstays
maintains1167093maintains
mandril1049353ma_ndril
mansard1049313ma_nsard
manual8313463ma_nua_l
matinal9312603matin_a_l
mensal84615653m_ensa_l
misaim10311853m_i_saim
missaid10310293m_issaid
missal84314903m_issa_l
moonsails1144493moonsails
parasail1049233parasail
pintail9311173_pintail
rainfall1144473rainfall
stunsail843023stunsail
wassail1056133wa_ssail

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit146162348.20317818.1
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691348.38921300.6