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

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

14 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
ballistae114379(None) 
ballista1045801ballista_
ballistic1346612ballistic
aristae7312533_a_ristae
ballast9313993ballast__
ballasted1245453ballasted
ballaster1145973ballaster
ballasts1037933ballast_s
ballistics1444033ballistics
ballute938543ball_ut_e
barista9310813ba_rista_
baristas1039723ba_ristas
batiste939743ba_tist_e
palliate10311893palliat_e

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641146.98621277.0
3Display Results14140.0131076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691147.41924085.6