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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 “handicrafts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 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
handicrafts2014280(None) 
handcrafts19123991hand_crafts
handicraft19113811handicraft_
handcraft18115472hand_craft_
handicrafter21151732handicrafter
handicrafters22171552handicrafters
handcarts1545533hand_c_arts
handcrafted2152163hand_crafted
handicaps1744083handic_a_ps
handicraftsman258793handicraftsman
handicraftsmen257823handicraftsmen
antidraft1346454_antidraft_
antigraft1347404_antigraft_
bandicoots1551944bandic_oots
campcrafts2161844ca_mpcrafts
handcars1437624hand_c_a_rs
handcart1449324hand_c_art_
handclaps1743494hand_cla_ps
handclasps1852324hand_clasps
handcrafting2281794hand_crafting
handcraftsman2411944hand_craftsman
handcraftsmen2412974hand_craftsmen
handcuffs2152014hand_c_uffs
handfasts1644594hand__fasts
handicap1644934handic_a__p
handprints1643974hand_prints
handrails1346514hand__rails
hovercrafts2251674hovercrafts
indicants1247204_indic_ants
indrafts1295584_ind__rafts
kingcrafts2061814kin_gcrafts
mendicants1553944mendic_ants
sandcracks1952634sand_cracks
tradecrafts1751824tradecrafts
warcrafts1742664wa__rcrafts
watercrafts1952784watercrafts
woodcrafts1952014wood_crafts

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819379.10616343.0
3Display Results37370.0331121.2
 (SQL Overall)178691379.56218687.6
 
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