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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forfrowsting” 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.

13 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
frowsting163468(None) 
frosting12311181fro_sting
browsing14319352brows_ing
drowsing13287772drows_ing
foisting122910502f_oisting
foresting13311362foresting
fronting12310442fro_nting
frostings1335732fro_stings
frowning15307832frow_ning
frowstier1553142frowstier
roasting93012702_roasting
roosting93411462_roosting
rousting93913272_rousting

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436135.50322067.2
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691135.89330322.6