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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 “blatf” 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.

72 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
blaff135216481blaff
blat66550951blat_
blate75933781blate
blats75132501blats
ablate82219212ablate
alate55340322alate
baff124632272b_aff
balata8614672balata
barf95844412b_arf
bat510988952b_at_
bate66552422b_ate
bath95940082b_ath
bats66962332b_ats
batt65053872b_att
beat66168302beat_
beats76042242beats
blab86629132bla_b
blabs95619632blabs
black134719072black
blade85923332blade
blae66134642bla_e
blaffs14426622blaffs
blah98625062bla_h
blahs105616512blahs
blain75421792blain
blam86131702bla_m
blame95625492blame
blams95023852blams
bland85320452bland
blank115418552blank
blare75826232blare
blase75524232blase
blast76532572blast
blasts85116772blasts
blasty115611052blasty
blaw97026722bla_w
blawn106813702blawn
blaws105620462blaws
blaze165520832blaze
bleat75737002bleat_
bleats85518612bleats
blet66247672blet_
blets75324942blets
blite76225352blite
blitz165318132blitz
bloat75229922bloat_
bloats85215762bloats
blot65842322blot_
blots75626172blots
bluff134413832bluff
boat66360312boat_
boats75635152boats
brat66055542brat_
brats75336012brats
elate55335882elate
flat77147822flat_
flats86429742flats
lat37593402_lat_
late47560482_late
lath76640382_lath
lati46438272_lati
lats45962702_lats
latu47934182_latu
oblate82214742oblate
plat66048872plat_
plate74635112plate
plats75531372plats
platy105021662platy
slat46959022slat_
slate55438282slate
slats55436902slats
slaty86523152slaty

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800721.66032409.6
3Display Results72720.0135538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691721.96990752.2
 
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