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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 “saltine” 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.

55 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
saltine7501856(None) 
saline65132701sal_ine
saltie63422431salti_e
saltines82917791saltines
salting84120791salting
saltire73113031saltire
smaltine1037831smaltine
aline57243152_al_ine
alkine104916802_alkine
alpine84417372_alpine
alvine94614582_alvine
basaltine1144712basaltine
calcine11315272calcine
halting114419072halting
isatine7311762isa_tine
maline84529082mal_ine
malting103219082malting
palatine10316062palatine
patine85328122pa_tine
ralline73518412ralline
ratine65131822ra_tine
ratline74517802ratline
sabine84020392sa_bine
salicine10311702salicine
salina64221122sal_ina
salines74029412sal_ines
salpinx1636092salpinx
saltant7316772saltant
saltier74318632saltier
salties73725772salties
saltily10310542saltily
saltiness93312112saltiness
saltings92811252saltings
saltires83112422saltires
saltish10312162saltish
saltlike1237252saltlike
saluting9310552saluting
salving113913152salving
sardine83317392sardine
satin55935222sa_tin_
satinet7325282sa_tinet
sating74735452sa_ting
satins64930482sa_tins
satiny93817982sa_tiny
satire63218002sa_tire
savine94220282sa_vine
sestine73017922sestine
setline7313922setline
silting83320482silting
slating83724652slating
smaltines1136992smaltines
smaltite1046902smaltite
spline86020532spl_ine
sylvine13216542sylvine
valine94623092val_ine

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671553.45331181.9
3Display Results55550.0134230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691553.84246509.9
 
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