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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 “dripstone” 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.

31 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
dripstone124415(None) 
dripstones1343931dripstones
brimstone1354622brimstone
drystone1245122dr_ystone
brimstones1464383brimstones
brimstony1642403brimstony
capstone1237653_capstone
dapsone1038463d_aps_one
diastole947563d_iastole
distome10313233d_i_stome
dropsonde1342543drops_onde
drugstore1142503drugstore
firestone1247423firestone
freestone1245893freestone
grindstone1252633grindstone
hailstone1244853hailstone
histone10312843_hi_stone
ironstone945753ironstone
oilstone847273_oilstone
pipestone1345503_pipestone
pristane10310343pri_stane
pristine10313503pri_stine
ripstop1174763_ripsto_p
ripstops1265013_ripstops
soapstone1144143soapstone
tinstone848173_tinstone
topstone1046883_topstone
triptane1047563trip_tane
tritone73613883tri__tone
veinstone1253853veinstone
whinstone1544273whinstone

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641317.01621186.0
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.46823927.6
 
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