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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 “flosser” 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.

42 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
flosser1033969(None) 
flossed11388531flossed
flossers11307861flossers
flosses103411971flosses
flossier11326971flossier
glosser83410811glosser
blesser9329292blesser
classer93614612classer
closer84918202clo_ser
crosser95015462crosser
dosser74417972_dosser
flasher133914062flasher
flenser1036782flenser
flesher133610922flesher
floater104413352floater
flogger12449462flogger
flooder11258462flooder
floorer10248072floorer
flopper14328472flopper
floss85118262floss__
flossie10337442flossie
flossies112810122flossies
flossy12517702floss_y
flouter104311342flouter
flower124815502flo_wer
flusher133012272flusher
fluster103913062fluster
fosse86119462f_osse_
fosses96022082f_osses
foster94322222f_oster
fusser94813772f_usser
glossed94410072glossed
glossers9319052glossers
glosses84014122glosses
glossier9358202glossier
grosser84313142grosser
lesser63514852_lesser
looser65219942_looser
loser54728672_lo_ser
losses65925232_losses
mosser84618272_mosser
tosser64215662_tosser

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671423.01335735.5
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691423.38952726.8
 
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