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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 “refastened” 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
refastened144393(None) 
fastened12257852__fastened
refasten1136102refasten__
refastens1244752refasten_s
remastered1345642remastered
unfastened1443242unfastened
chastened1545883_chastened
fastener11227843__fastener
fattened12268283__fattened
greatened1144583gre_a_tened
hastened12239103__hastened
heartened1347083he_artened
neatened937043ne_a_tened
rattened9218623r__attened
realtered1037903re_altered
reascend1145703re_ascen_d
reascended1444363re_ascended
reasoned9410733re_as_oned
refashioned1851703refashioned
refastening1544303refastening
refiltered1443773refiltered
refreshened1852463refreshened
registered1245293registered
rehardened1543943rehardened
remoistened1453173remoistened
repasted112611533repast__ed
repatterned1452173repatterned
replastered1442483replastered
resoftened1443413resoftened
retasted92412113retast__ed
rewakened1743443rewa_kened

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603316.25022496.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.67226782.2
 
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