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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forthefts” 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.

53 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
thefts1238792(None) 
hefts116218151_hefts
theft114118131theft_
cheats114519542cheats
chefs136214662chef_s
cherts115617232cherts
chests114916262chests
clefts114610162clefts
efts76519482__efts
hafts116219462_hafts
heats85838402_heats
heft106736292_heft_
hefty146112132_hefty
hents87330742_hents
hests85829932_hests
hets75547202_he_ts
khets124913432khe_ts
lefts86517812_lefts
shafts125411432shafts
sheets93918492sheets
shifts124412932shifts
teats55636812t_eats
teffs115111732t_effs
tents56434212t_ents
tests56530192t_ests
tets45847452t_e_ts
texts125515042t_exts
thebes115914492thebes
thegns10547432thegns
theins95015422theins
theirs94610352theirs
theist9314762theist
theists1039142theists
themes115319252themes
thens85921832the_ns
theres96525472theres
therms115914872therms
theses96517972theses
thesis94913732thesis
thesps11448262thesps
theta83414572the_ta
thetas93011572thetas
thews117416192the_ws
threats104311672threats
thrifts1335522thrifts
tofts84919242t_ofts
treats64821692treats
trets55928022tre_ts
tufts85713272t_ufts
tweets94210102tweets
wefts116715492_wefts
wheats125013222wheats
whets115019612whe_ts

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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551533.06326951.0
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691533.18556103.9