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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsacristan” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

15 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
sacristan114357(None) 
sacristans1243071sacristans
sacrist9315422sacrist__
sacrists1039562sacrist_s
sacristy1345102sacrist_y
arista6415293_a_rista_
aristae7312523_a_ristae
aristas7413523_a_ristas
barista9310813ba_rista_
baristas1039723ba_ristas
crista8311803__crista_
cristae9310603__cristae
sacristies1276033sacristies
samaritan1144183samari_tan
saurian739913sauri__an

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641158.04618473.9
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691158.20221786.3