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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 “klister” 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.

59 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
klister11341064(None) 
blister94415311blister
glister84013341glister
keister113011571keister
klisters123910481klisters
lister64527251_lister
bister84922762_bister
blaster94017302blaster
blisters104015082blisters
blistery13418712blistery
bluster94215312bluster
cloister1037092cloister
cluster94013332cluster
clyster12317452clyster
enlister847802enlister
filister1137402filister
flirter10318672flirter
flitter103413902flitter
fluster103913062fluster
glisten8418082glisten
glisters93912602glisters
glitter84211802glitter
grister83915412grister
heister103613622heister
hoister103714202hoister
kaiser103610372kais_er
keester11319912keester
keisters123212042keisters
keyster14256152keyster
kiester11329972kiester
kilter103714342k_ilter
kisser104212452k_isser
kiter95523212k_i_ter
knitter11348132knitter
laster64830632_laster
leister73212752leister
lifter93814812_lifter
linter64625342_linter
lisper84114432_lisper
listed74322832_listed
listee64223062_listee
listel64214742_listel
listen64816812_listen
listers74026532_listers
liter54736342_li_ter
litter64324852_litter
luster64023672_luster
meister93114162meister
mister84728562_mister
moister94015372moister
oldster896572oldster
plaister1068012plaister
plaster93318692plaster
roister73516202roister
sister64421582_sister
slitter73615872slitter
twister10308952twister
ulster63712102ul_ster
waister103812382waister

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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671592.89037256.4
3Display Results59590.0301966.7
 (SQL Overall)178691593.31353936.3
 
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