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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 “vessel” 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.

41 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
vessel93795(None) 
vessels1035931vessels
cessed94615612cessed
cesses84221362cesses
dossel74813642dossel
easel54521112_easel
esses56422972_esses
fesse86116332fesse_
fessed104515062fessed
fesses94820252fesses
hassel95614212hassel
jesse126012832jesse_
jessed144112302jessed
jesses135215952jesses
lessee64116362lessee
lessen64212432lessen
lesser63514852lesser
messed95018182messed
messes84924342messes
missel85216522missel
mussel83412902mussel
nesses64718322nesses
passel85117002passel
tassel66014772tassel
teasel63914982teasel
tressel73010892tressel
vassal979242vassal
versal93013752versal
verse84723582verse_
versed104515522versed
verser94516962verser
verses94223762verses
verset94327322verset
vesper1138082vesper
vesseled1243832vesseled
vestal94615572vestal
vested104217352vested
vestee94319152vestee
weasel93410522weasel
yessed104511162yessed
yesses93615812yesses

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.47033421.5
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.84262875.1
 
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