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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 “splotchiest” 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.

24 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
splotchiest185208(None) 
blotchiest1743522_blotchiest
slouchiest1543972s_louchiest
splotches1643912splotch_es_
splotchier1741932splotchie_r
botchiest1636153__botchiest
glitchiest1642793_glitchiest
patchiest1638353_p_atchiest
pitchiest1646703_p_itchiest
plottiest11287833_plot_tiest
poachiest1636883_p_oachiest
pouchiest1636843_p_ouchiest
scratchiest1844143scratchiest
shlockiest1942903shlo_ckiest
sketchiest1943163s_ketchiest
sloshiest1246673s_lo_shiest
sloughiest1443933s_loughiest
smutchiest1743263s_mutchiest
snatchiest1545153s_natchiest
splashiest1544463spl_ashiest
splotched1742823splotch_e_d
splotching1842863splotchi_ng
spottiest11177683sp_ot_tiest
stretchiest1644193stretchiest

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121633245.56021876.4
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691245.70031349.3
 
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