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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 “yacht” 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
yacht1341739(None) 
yachts1437021yachts
ache96829822_ache
achy126316092_achy
act59557842_ac_t
bach116131392bach_
baht96740012ba_ht
cache125122482cache
cachet134526412cachet
dacha114812572dacha
each95530582each_
echt95722902_echt
facet106038522facet
fact97142542fac_t
licht104723492licht
mach116134482mach_
mache125925302mache
macho126120152macho
machs125722562machs
nacho105414382nacho
pacha126518062pacha
pact86648722pac_t
rachet115028972rachet
sachet114725772sachet
tacet75840022tacet
tach96132752tach_
tache106222372tache
tachs105820932tachs
tacit76333672tacit
tact67349032tac_t
waucht14399412waucht
wecht13415442wecht
yachted1634852yachted
yachter1534912yachter
yack135425972yac_k
yacks144419812yacks
yah99046352ya_h_
yech127220532yech_
yechs136112582yechs
yechy16519082yechy
yuch125818532yuch_

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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit53800411.81329674.6
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691412.16982384.0
 
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