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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 “patsies” 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.

64 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
patsies9391948(None) 
palsies94420271palsies
pansies94521981pansies
pasties94529811pasties
patties93425141patties
potsies93019481potsies
apathies1339012apathies
catties94023052catties
daisies84217092daisies
dassies84418662dassies
easies64126632ea_sies
falsies103515012falsies
fatsoes10379422fatsoes
fatties103018202fatties
lassies74420102lassies
nasties73520492nasties
paddies113715722paddies
palsied102911302palsied
pandies104224502pandies
panties94230932panties
pantries101817392pantries
pappies103214832pappies
paries84742512pa_ries
parises94827182parises
parries93925842parries
parses85534702pars_es
parties93230862parties
pases75346502pa_s_es
pashes115828392pa_shes
passes86030472pa_sses
passives13228822passives
pastes85233912pa_stes
pastie85525522pastie_
pastier94320382pastier
pastiest103319552pastiest
pastils94416172pastils
pastimes123611902pastimes
pastis84924322pasti_s
pastises103616052pastises
pastries101517422pastries
patches143320382patches
pates76047892pat__es
patines95225762patines
patins87528782pat_ins
patios85221782pat_ios
patois84319362patoi_s
pattie84020962pattie_
pauses84621472paus_es
pavises125315492pavises
pities83828082pit_ies
platies93722542plat_ies
poesies93217402poesies
popsies112816472popsies
posies84431432p_osies
posties93128812posties
potpies113116172potpies
potsie83916032potsie_
potties93723542potties
pussies93615692pussies
putties94420022putties
sassies74719262sassies
tansies74521242tansies
tassies74918932tassies
tatties74120342tatties

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076711.656107905.2
2DLD Change Limit107671646.18617405.6
3Display Results64640.0331939.4
 (SQL Overall)178691647.87522690.9
 
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