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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 “upstate” 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.

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
upstate9161049(None) 
unstate71916211unstate
upstage10167441upstage
upstare9158681upstare
upstater10156661upstater
upstates10189641upstates
apostate1049852apostate
bistate9313822bistate
costate94019272costate
estate64719762_estate
gestate83614072gestate
hastate10313912hastate
instate71616482instate
outstate81411992outstate
restate73824882restate
state56237332__state
substate101711092substate
testate73916232testate
unstated91615812unstated
unstates81314992unstates
update93810292up_date
uprate83916542up_rate
upscale11136322upscale
upstaged12135242upstaged
upstager11164632upstager
upstages11147372upstages
upstair943982upstair
upstand1045342upstand
upstared11156572upstared
upstares10178582upstares
upstart9159752upstart
upstarted1244212upstarted
upstarts10165272upstarts
upstaters11174802upstaters
uptake1236962up_take

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671352.78338688.8
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691353.15656619.5
 
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