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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 “nastier” 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.

75 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
nastier7411529(None) 
hastier103916621hastier
nasties73520491nasties
nattier73614621nattier
pastier94320381pastier
tastier711817091tastier
vastier103613201vastier
antsier7410772antsier
artier63419732_artier
ashier94714832_ashier
aster55434892_ast_er
astir55517092_asti_r
baster85333592bast_er
battier93515712battier
blastier10249492blastier
bustier93916152bustier
cashier123713322cashier
caster85232572cast_er
cattier93317072cattier
dashier114311182dashier
dustier83814132dustier
easier64218462eas_ier
easter65027982east_er
faster94625772fast_er
fattier103513462fattier
fustier104213932fustier
gassier83812572gassier
gaster75027352gast_er
gnattier934262gnattier
gustier83813862gustier
laster64830632last_er
lustier73813502lustier
maltier93015482maltier
massier93615222massier
master84831342mast_er
matier84321522ma_tier
mistier93418712mistier
mustier94017962mustier
naggier9309152naggier
nappier114411172nappier
nastic82915972nasti_c
nastiest83615952nastiest
nastily103011032nastily
natter64420742na_tter
nester64124182nest_er
nestler73510452nestler
nettier74211812nettier
niftier10328712niftier
nittier73512242nittier
nosier63716332nos_ier
nutsier7329252nutsier
nuttier73112022nuttier
partier93520712partier
paster85734372past_er
pastie85525522pastie_
pasties94529812pasties
pestier94317402pestier
raspier93110642raspier
raster64731442rast_er
rattier74015592rattier
rustier74416362rustier
saltier74318632saltier
sassier73413232sassier
tartier74123262tartier
taster64930572tast_er
tattier74216242tattier
testier74015642testier
toastier846892toastier
vaster94521022vast_er
wartier103413912wartier
washier133611152washier
waspier12259052waspier
waster95228942wast_er
yeastier1135392yeastier
zestier163010222zestier

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671753.25033129.5
3Display Results75750.0135769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691753.63949104.4
 
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