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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 “mostly” 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
mostly11311094(None) 
costly114012331costly
hostly124210861hostly
moistly1236611moistly
cosily113613852cosily
ghostly14355102ghostly
hotly115815482ho_tly
jostle13319862jostle
justly16307252justly
lastly93310872lastly
meetly1138672meetly
mistily122612342mistily
misty106120452mist_y
modestly14375582modestly
molly105222492mo_lly
moly96031912mo__ly
monthly1535672monthly
mosey105922872mos_ey
mossy105217062mos_sy
most66554202most__
moste75925082most_e
mosts76028542most_s
motey105922952mo_tey
mothy136214552mo_thy
motley1139382mo_tley
mottle84116052mottle
mousily1239392mousily
mouthy14409062mouthy
muscly1337452muscly
mustily123613632mustily
musty105620952must_y
nosily93712682nosily
portly114713402portly
poshly1437722poshly
rosily93914712rosily
softly12457762softly
vastly12508722vastly

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 Filter178691825510.340525561.8
2DLD Change Limit82551372.45633612.0
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691372.79663909.5
 
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