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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 “hemostats” 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.

30 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
hemostats144639(None) 
chemostats1754051chemostats
hemostat1348701hemostat_
aerostats946712aerostats
chemostat1655482chemostat_
heliostats13113552heliostats
hemostases1545492hemostases
hemostasis1555502hemostasis
hemostatic1756662hemostatic
hemostatics1854722hemostatics
rheostats1243612rhe_ostats
thermostats1653932thermostats
aerosats8411013aeros_ats
aerostat8410683aerostat_
coelostats1253583coelostats
cryostats1444213cryostats
democrats1446203democrats
gyrostats1343273gyrostats
headstays1643563headstays
heliostat12104893heliostat_
hexosans1844113hexos_ans
homestays1744713homestays
hostas94515823h__osta_s
hydrostats1754923hydrostats
hygrostats1752963hygrostats
photostats1547063photostats
pyrostats1444913pyrostats
remontants1245043remontants
rheostat1145363rhe_ostat_
thermostat1554973thermostat_

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641306.36023371.2
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.81326227.9
 
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