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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 “homestays” 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.

31 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
homestays174471(None) 
homestay1645811homestay_
domesdays1651592domesdays
forestays1546622forestays
homestand1544632homestand
homestands1644022homestands
homesteads1643192homesteads
bobstays1543343bo_bstays
domesday1542313domesday_
domestics1446103domestics
forestay1448193forestay_
headstays1643563headstays
hemostats1446393hemostats
hogmenays1872383hogme_nays
homeboys1845513home_boys
homeostases1652923homeostases
homeostasis1652803homeostasis
homesites1448913homesites
homespuns1652473homespuns
homestead1544023homestead
homeys145012873home___ys
honesties1249913honesties
honestly14355933honestly_
honesty13378053honest_y_
hostas94515823ho__sta_s
lodestars1044413lodestars
outstays1156623_outstays
overstays1535943_overstays
podestas1146853podesta_s
polestars1157283polestars
someways1644823some_ways

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641317.28020417.7
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.71923149.5
 
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