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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 “drossier” 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.

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
drossier95631(None) 
dossier83711691d_ossier
dressier956861dressier
drowsier1284901drowsier
bossier93712422_bossier
brassier103310532brassier
crosier94116572cro_sier
crosser95015462cross_er
dosser74417972d_oss_er
dossiers9318042d_ossiers
dresser83611952dress_er
droolier936072droolier
droopier1145572droopier
dropsied1234962dropsied
dropsies1138692dropsies
droskies13186342droskies
drosses84513822dross_es
drossiest1036522drossiest
flossier11326972flossier
frostier1148162frostier
frowsier1444892frowsier
glossier9358202glossier
grassier9349282grassier
grosser84313142gross_er
mossier94413812_mossier
prissier10157872prissier
prosier93817482pro_sier
prossie91812952prossie_
prossies101515222prossies
rosier64221262_ro_sier
tressier847962tressier

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059313.51334460.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.92245561.2
 
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