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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 “plasterworks” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

32 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
plasterworks215173(None) 
plasterwork2051901plasterwork_
masterworks2053262_masterworks
masterwork1953453_masterwork_
paperworks2144073p_a_perworks
plasterboards1881733plasterboards
plasterers1286123plaster_er_s
waterworks2046173_wa_terworks
afterwords1774204__afterwords
basketworks1951594_basketworks
bladderworts196934bladderworts
caseworks1846414_cas_e_works
classworks1943314clas__sworks
falseworks2042954fals_e_works
flatworks1944704fla_t__works
glassworks1842804glas__sworks
interworks1746704__interworks
laceworks1846584_la_ce_works
lacquerworks306854_lacquerworks
laterborns1244144_la_terborns
lathworks1945194_la_t_hworks
lusterwares1452094_lusterwares
palmerworms2051374p_almerworms
paperwork2044324p_a_perwork_
patchworks2443554p_a_tchworks
plasterboard1791974plasterboard
plasterer1178114plaster_er__
plasterings1444744plaster_ings
plasters103518134plaste___r_s
plastrons1147134plast_r_o_ns
posteriors1256814p_osterior_s
waterwork1946654_wa_terwork_

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 Filter1786911247900.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit124790327.12617511.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.54523683.4
 
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