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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 “molest” 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.

78 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
molest8502274(None) 
modest93818451modest
moles74747921moles_
molests93311561molests
ablest84721832ablest
amoles84122192amoles_
amplest11312332amplest
blest76431722_blest
boldest102613062boldest
boles75448602boles_
coldest102514762coldest
coles76055062coles_
coolest9318642coolest
coyest11316052coyest
doest65829522do_est
doles67843752doles_
forest94926742forest
foulest10313312foulest
goldest92411172goldest
halest94823272halest
holes84748652holes_
holiest104319622holiest
holist94723212holist
honest94822422honest
idlest74014862idlest
illest63615722illest
joles125230832joles_
lest46956322__lest
lowest93915592lowest
males75049792males_
mayest114614792mayest
merest84725112merest
mildest102812062mildest
miles74645072miles_
modes85537412modes_
modesty13476982modesty
moist76033582mo_ist
mokes114631032mokes_
molas75132092molas_
moldiest11249692moldiest
molds85324832molds_
mole66251832mole__
molested11178242molested
molester1099372molester
molies84429512molies_
molls75129782molls_
mols65948572mol_s_
molt66356162mol__t
molts76032092molts_
moment103319682moment
momes95134472momes_
mongst93512602mongst
monist84324982monist
mopes95134982mopes_
mopiest113014292mopiest
mores76249642mores_
most66554202mo__st
mostest9314792mostest
motes75944002motes_
motet75641192mote_t
motets84216192motets
motliest10310772motliest
moues75732842moues_
moves106128422moves_
mules75034292mules_
mutest84218052mutest
noblest93613562noblest
oldest72114092_oldest
oles46453472_oles_
palest83926222palest
poles75351002poles_
roles56747982roles_
soles55547922soles_
sorest65028002sorest
toles55147132toles_
vilest9416842vilest
voles86234042voles_
volost9412642volost

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551782.28036206.6
3Display Results78780.0302600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691782.64067686.0
 
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