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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 “demasts” 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.

36 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
demasts108922(None) 
demast9517061demast_
beasts84519722be_asts
bemists113410702bemists
damasks1435072damasks
debases103814132debases
decants103514442decants
defats105114552defa_ts
degases93413102degases
degusts936062degusts
deists74916432de_ists
delists84414172delists
demands114311412demands
demarks14339232demarks
demasted1238762demasted
dements103016622dements
demises103719562demises
demits94918072dem_its
demoses103815822demoses
departs104310682departs
derats74625062dera_ts
desalts839572desalts
desists83611722desists
detests83711742detests
devests114410472devests
dicasts1078702dicasts
dismasts1137512dismasts
durmasts1144092durmasts
dynasts1155102dynasts
easts57530322_e_asts
feasts95116092fe_asts
leasts64616412le_asts
masts77035762__masts
recasts93413532recasts
repasts93611932repasts
yeasts96413052ye_asts

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671362.95336461.6
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691363.32953677.1
 
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