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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 “closets” 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.

43 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
closets9461160(None) 
closers94415321closers
closes85425591close_s
closest94312531closest
closet85226601closet_
cosets85824401c_osets
avosets1036662avosets
choses115825132chose_s
clarets94111102clarets
clasts84817292clas_ts
cloners94514822cloners
clones84526562clone_s
cloots85113692clo_ots
close76425222close__
closed95317972close_d
closely1237052closely
closeouts1143632closeouts
closer84918202close_r
closeted1135612closeted
closeup11113432closeup
closeups12102812closeups
clots75627642clo__ts
clouts87017202clo_uts
clovers125114662clovers
cloves114918822clove_s
clozes174915562cloze_s
collets93517902collets
comets105823582c_omets
corsets94819802corsets
cosecs105015212c_osecs
coses76949492c_ose_s
coset75748842c_oset_
coseys115215812c_oseys
cossets95014282cossets
costs77231142c_os_ts
covets114819642c_ovets
crusets93811042crusets
florets1039852florets
glosts74513812glos_ts
losels64714592_losels
losers65123582_losers
loses56742012_lose_s
rosets65819952_rosets

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671433.34332207.9
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.73247880.8
 
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