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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 “chatchkas” 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.

27 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
chatchkas2317278(None) 
chachkas22173731cha_chkas
chatchka22202891chatchka_
chatchkes23174741chatchkes
chachka21173642cha_chka_
chatchke22153882chatchk_e
canchas143212403c_anch_as
catchers153114063c_atchers
catches144320773c_atch_es
catchups1744383c_atchups
chacmas1638003cha_c_mas
charkas164810963cha__rkas
charkhas20285023charkh_as
chitchat1846073chitch_at
chitchats1943663chitchats
cratches153012543cratch_es
datchas1347423_datch_as
hatchels16368673_hatchels
hatchers163113173_hatchers
hatches153420273_hatch_es
hatchets163310383_hatchets
hatchway2243293_hatchway
hatchways2342663_hatchways
schatchens2042683schatchens
tchotchkes2451363tchotchkes
thatchers1744583thatchers
thatches1637513thatch_es

Search took 9 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 Limit148641277.70619289.0
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691278.13921954.9
 
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