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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 “tostadas” 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.

35 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
tostadas99452(None) 
tostada894951tostada_
tostados995071tostados
posadas1037192pos_adas
tostado895952tostad_o
autostradas1251533autostradas
costards113510793costards
costars94218013costa_rs
hostages122311693hostages
hostas94515823host__as
mastabas1246803mastabas
octads987333_octad_s
ottavas1093483_ottavas
outadds936203_outadds
pintadas11105083pintadas
posada937163pos_ada_
postages112815323postages
postals93716373posta_ls
postanal1048053postanal
postcavas1653523postcavas
stades74626243__stades
stadias8411113__stadias
tantaras8269543tantaras
tartanas8258893tartanas
testates83615453testates
testudos943053testudos
toads65621073to__ad_s
toccatas1243743toccatas
tornados945373tornados
torsades937213torsades
tortas64918253tort__as
totals63115163to_ta_ls
tsades74310993t_s_ades
tsadis7429133t_s_adis
tuataras844863tuataras

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162356.92021121.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.35924282.0
 
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