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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 “hoisting” 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.

46 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
hoisting12361090(None) 
foisting122910501foisting
heisting123411041heisting
histing113720371h_isting
hoising113414411hois_ing
hosting114318381ho_sting
joisting16328501joisting
agisting1038242agisting
boasting113512502boasting
boosting113311052boosting
coasting113615512coasting
costing104323022co_sting
existing1639072existing
fisting113818122_fisting
ghosting1336462gho_sting
hasting114725192h_asting
hilting113316892h_ilting
hinting113919222h_inting
hissing114213142h_issing
hitting113017272h_itting
hoicking1836052hoicking
hooting113919882ho_oting
horsing113215582hors_ing
hosing103421102ho_s_ing
hotting113116522ho_tting
housing113316522hous_ing
jointing16248612jointing
jousting16309352jousting
listing84020592_listing
misting103623382_misting
noising83615172nois_ing
ousting84021352_ousting
pointing112813682pointing
poising103617102pois_ing
positing11312302positing
posting105622242po_sting
roasting93012702roasting
roosting93411462roosting
rousting93913272rousting
toasting93410582toasting
toiting83217092toi_ting
twisting12427812twisting
waisting123615212waisting
whisting15329542whisting
wisting113519742_wisting
worsting1267682worsting

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059463.20337795.5
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691463.59249746.9
 
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