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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 “hoister” 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.

80 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
hoister10371420(None) 
heister103613621heister
hoisted113411291hoisted
hoisters113513481hoisters
holster103512211holster
moister94015371moister
roister73516201roister
bister84922762_bister
blister94415312blister
boaster94616432boaster
bolster93713422bolster
booster94314552booster
chorister1487142chorister
cloister1037092cloister
coaster94219042coaster
cointer93616722cointer
coster84331292co_ster
foisted113210602foisted
foster94322222fo_ster
glister84013342glister
goiter74116202goi_ter
grister83915412grister
hamster12810422hamster
heisted113210652heisted
heisters113413132heisters
hinter94021302h_inter
hipster12288782hipster
hisser94713792h_isser
histed104420242h_isted
hitter94419862h_itter
hoise85224772hois_e_
hoised105117432hois_ed
hoises94823672hois_es
hoist86433212hoist__
hoists95516022hoist_s
holsters113211942holsters
honester1139712honester
hoopster1335542hoopster
hooter94123932ho_oter
horsier103013242horsier
horste94817412horste_
horstes104516112horstes
hoser811529762ho_s_er
hosier94219612ho_sier
hosted105020342ho_sted
hostel93914152ho_stel
hostler103411022ho_stler
hotter94720082ho_tter
houser95322282hous_er
jointer14379712jointer
joisted15379172joisted
jouster143311042jouster
keister113011572keister
klister113410642klister
leister73212752leister
lister64527252_lister
lobster9288852lobster
loiter64619172loi_ter
meister93114162meister
mister84728562_mister
mobster11299212mobster
moisten93110142moisten
monster93214602monster
noisier759452noisier
ouster64223732_ouster
oyster94111702_oyster
pointer93814932pointer
poiser84217242pois_er
poster84129172po_ster
roaster74116662roaster
roisters83615552roisters
rooster74415172rooster
roster64329082ro_ster
rouster73517082rouster
royster103110532royster
sister64421582_sister
toaster74414462toaster
twister10308952twister
waister103812382waister
zoster153715852zo_ster

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671802.92036873.6
3Display Results80800.0332424.2
 (SQL Overall)178691803.31353936.3
 
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