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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 “tas” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

50 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
tas3847710(None) 
aas310975391aas
as211083071_as
bas58681751bas
etas46432271etas
fas68262931fas
gas48870251gas
has67372651has
kas77058581kas
las37281471las
mas58175821mas
pas58775741pas
ras37575391ras
ta211662451ta_
tab57460321tab
tabs66842981tabs
tad47959821tad
tads57143941tads
tae38267051tae
tag47259491tag
tags55545231tags
taj106442191taj
tam58663421tam
tams67247931tams
tan37167571tan
tans46154821tans
tao38358951tao
taos45541001taos
tap57663871tap
taps66050671taps
tar37570691tar
tars46763951tars
task85326651task
tass45640571tass
tat37690291tat
tats46858131tats
tau36856901tau
taus46342731taus
tav66043211tav
tavs75630971tavs
taw610155451taw
taws75641591taws
tax109449151tax
teas45851491teas
tis37056641tis
twas76824081twas
utas45924951utas
vas67755771vas
was68767561was
zas126946831zas

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0463884587.0
2DLD Change Limit5146500.09355333.3
3Display Results50500.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691500.1391285546.8
 
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