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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 “brimstone” 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
brimstone135462(None) 
brimstones1464381brimstones
brimstony1642401brimstony
dripstone1244152dripstone
alumstone1143193alumstone
baritone1058643bari__tone
birthstone1562573birthstone
bluestone1144863bluestone
bondstone1275523bondstone
breastbone14132633breastbone
bristle91910103bri_st_le
bristol937043bri_sto_l
bristols1046773bri_stols
brownstone15143043brownstone
buhrstone14103153buhrstone
burrstone1183993burrstone
burstone1057133b_urstone
crimson1135643crims_on_
crimsoned1443803crims_oned
crimsons1245633crims_ons
dripstones1343933dripstones
drystone1245123dr_ystone
firestone1247423firestone
freestone1245893freestone
gemstone1145843_gemstone
grindstone1252633grindstone
hailstone1244853hailstone
histone10312843_hi_stone
ironstone945753ironstone
limestone1144813_limestone
oilstone847273_oilstone
pristane10310343pri_stane
pristine10313503pri_stine
tinstone848173_tinstone
tritone73613883tri__tone
veinstone1253853veinstone
whinstone1544273whinstone

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641377.75019179.5
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691378.18921820.9
 
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