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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 “flossier” 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.

35 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
flossier1132697(None) 
flosser10339691floss_er
flossie10337441flossie_
flossies112810121flossies
glossier9358201glossier
blousier1055662blousier
blowsier1335062blowsier
bossier93712422_bossier
classier10359082classier
dossier83711692_dossier
drossier956312drossier
flashier1437102flashier
fleshier1435602fleshier
flimsier1344132flimsier
floatier1136982floatier
flockier1745342flockier
floosie10378932floosie_
floosies113210232floosies
floppier1554632floppier
flossed11388532floss_ed
flossers11307862floss_ers
flosses103411972floss_es
flossiest12296802flossiest
flossily1434522flossily
flossing12247902flossing
folksier1533532folksier
frostier1148162frostier
frowsier1444892frowsier
fussier103610672f_ussier
glassier9289082glassier
glosser83410812gloss_er
glossies93311252glossies
lousier72411622_lousier
mossier94413812_mossier
sloshier1135282sloshier

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121059353.75332256.6
3Display Results35350.0301166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691354.18642687.8
 
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