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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 “frowst” 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.

38 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
frowst12551207(None) 
frost84727831fro_st
frows116623101frows_
frowsts13426101frowsts
frowsty16464981frowsty
frowsy15498271frowsy
brows105425982brows_
browse115713862browse
crows105727312crows_
drowse105010552drowse
drowsy13487902drowsy
flows115822362flows_
foist85730972f_oist
forest94926742forest
freest95318282freest
froes86126692froes_
frogs96220772frogs_
frons86124042frons_
front85029222fro_nt
fronts94415792fronts
frosh115713402fro_sh
frosts94214622fro_sts
frosty124710632fro_sty
frow106425052frow__
frown115415972frow_n
frowns126011392frowns
frowsted1534322frowsted
frowzy24485792frowzy
grows95523922grows_
prost75434102pro_st
prowest12311532prowest
prows106327012prows_
roast56230142_roast
roost55730932_roost
roust55532062_roust
rows75941752_rows_
trows88826182trows_
vrows116115262vrows_

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551382.76329877.3
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691383.12357217.7
 
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