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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 “estrous” 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
estrous771253(None) 
estrus61912111estr_us
oestrous869921oestrous
anestrous946602anestrous
bestrows1337042bestrows
citrous93112992citrous
desirous947782desirous
destroys1236692destroys
dextrous1646592dextrous
diestrous1046602diestrous
elytrous1145502elytrous
escrows1235802escrows
estops84011222est_ops
estrays10529402estrays
estrins7315852estrins
estriols856252estriols
estrone7413952estrone
estrones8313322estrones
estrum81810512estr_um
estrums9208602estrums
lustrous877802lustrous
nitrous73512482nitrous
oestrus7169582oestr_us
petrous92714422petrous
serous65023562_serous
setous64917372set_ous
strops86220382_strops
stroud7310382_stroud
strouds837802_strouds
strows96718272_strows
stroys95914602_stroys

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671313.26632967.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.67248663.1
 
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