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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fornesters” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

14 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
nesters7442278(None) 
esters64627731_esters
festers104121391festers
jesters144118191jesters
nester64124181nester_
nestlers8359221nestlers
nestors73614951nestors
netters73618581netters
neuters74212261neuters
pesters93827091pesters
resters74130401resters
testers74124541testers
westers105221961westers
zesters163517291zesters

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 Filter178691695830.203880251.2
2DLD Change Limit69583142.45628331.8
3Display Results14140.0131076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691142.67266875.4