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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 “drafty” 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.

35 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
drafty1363893(None) 
crafty14478911crafty
draffy16486631draffy
draft95526681draft_
drafts105012531drafts
drifty13418221drifty
bratty1159682bratty
craft105327662craft_
crafts115312742crafts
daffy155510282d_affy
daft85537252d_aft_
daftly1335442d_aftly
deafly13389122deafly
drably123511612drably
draff125615662draf_f
draffs13617902draffs
drafted12439032drafted
draftee11379522draftee
drafter11449422drafter
draftily1534412draftily
draggy12346822draggy
drapey125010582drapey
drat56247832dra_t_
drats66628372dra_ts
drawly134910722drawly
dray85428092dra__y
drift95722842drift_
drifts10499892drifts
graft95327202graft_
grafts105013252grafts
kraft125721012kraft_
krafts13438852krafts
raft76245912_raft_
rafts87820632_rafts
ratty84819592_ratty

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 Filter178691825510.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit82551352.64331233.8
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691353.06258357.6
 
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