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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 “penstock” 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.

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
penstock164407(None) 
penstocks1743711penstocks
alpenstock1851292alpenstock
gunstock1543462gunstock
linstock1444432linstock
restock1338672re_stock
alpenstocks1951133alpenstocks
bitstock1643333bitstock
diestock1544863diestock
fatstock1743613fatstock
feedstock1952283feedstock
gunstocks1643233gunstocks
headstock1943013headstock
linstocks1544143linstocks
nonstick1447593nonstick
overstock1844503overstock
peacock1745143pe_acock
pension9412203pensio_n
pensione1039773pensione
pensions10311693pensions
penster92811953penst_er
pensters103012123pensters
pentode1039893pen_tode
pentose9311593pen_tose
pesto75723723pe_sto__
pestos84719083pe_sto_s
petcock1744603pe_tcock
pigstick1744933pigstick
restack1339433re_stack
restocks1437503re_stocks
seedstock1652323seedstock
stock114417563___stock
superstock1844953superstock
tipstock1643733tipstock
unstack1337373_unstack
unstick1338123_unstick
unstuck1345023_unstuck

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162377.54619369.5
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.99822342.0
 
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