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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 “nastily” 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.

39 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
nastily10301103(None) 
hastily133010661hastily
nattily103610321nattily
tastily103311641tastily
artily92814712_artily
bastile9313912bastile
cattily123210852cattily
dustily113211522dustily
easily9313022eas_ily
fattily13379462fattily
fustily133111372fustily
gassily1137812gassily
gustily113010902gustily
lastly93310872last_ly
lustily103611242lustily
mistily122612342mistily
mustily123613632mustily
nasally1057442nasally
nastic82915972nasti_c
nastier74115292nastier
nasties73520492nasties
nasty85717282nast__y
nautili746112nautili
niftily1335752niftily
nosily93712682nos_ily
nuttily10308632nuttily
pastil85018322pastil_
pastils94416172pastils
rustily103112992rustily
saltily10310542saltily
sassily1038722sassily
tartily103511572tartily
tattily10409992tattily
testily102910802testily
vastity1336202vastity
vastly12508722vast_ly
waspily1535512waspily
yeastily1444572yeastily
zestily19167562zestily

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671394.93621813.4
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691395.37533244.8
 
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