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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 “blastier” 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.

40 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
blastier1024949(None) 
blaster94017301blast_er
blastie92411391blastie_
blasties102113631blasties
baster85333602b_ast_er
battier93515722b_attier
beastie92412432beastie_
beasties102514652beasties
beastlier1144202beastlier
blasted104213472blast_ed
blasters104116142blast_ers
blastiest111710052blastiest
blasting114013432blasting
blather125314212bla_ther
blatter94415652bla_tter
blister94415312blist_er
blottier10336412blottier
bluster94215312blust_er
boaster94616432boast_er
brashier13389932brashier
brasier94516752bras_ier
brassier103310532brassier
brattier1047662brattier
bustier93916152b_ustier
classier10359082classier
flashier1437102flashier
glassier9289082glassier
hastier103916622_hastier
laster64830632_last_er
lustier73813502_lustier
nastier74115292_nastier
pastier94320382_pastier
plashier1337612plashier
plaster93318692plast_er
platier93716292pla_tier
slatier74016812sla_tier
tastier711817092_tastier
toastier846892toastier
vastier103613202_vastier
yeastier1135392yeastier

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 Filter1786911210590.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121059407.42316308.6
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691407.84222786.4
 
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