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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 “flashiest” 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.

30 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
flashiest155798(None) 
fleshiest1576221fleshiest
plashiest1478371plashiest
ashiest10313952__ashiest
blastiest111710042blastiest
brashiest14359852brashiest
classiest11309542classiest
dashiest12311112_dashiest
fishiest14310452f_ishiest
flabbiest1644202flabbiest
flaggiest14145502flaggiest
flakiest153210542fla_kiest
flamiest133111972fla_miest
flappiest1644852flappiest
flashes133916102flash_es_
flashier1437102flashie_r
flashiness16105282flashiness
flawiest14298572fla_wiest
flaxiest18298182fla_xiest
fleshliest1642652fleshliest
flossiest12296802flossiest
flushest14338552flush_est
glassiest10279242glassiest
lathiest11312652_lathiest
plushiest1466392plushiest
sloshiest1246672sloshiest
slushiest1267032slushiest
splashiest1544462splashiest
trashiest123110632trashiest
washiest14310402_washiest

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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436303.21637760.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.63849117.9
 
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