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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 “lakesides” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

33 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
lakesides144409(None) 
lakeside1344671lakeside_
landsides11116742landsides
planesides1354372planesides
alkoxides2182923alkoxides
apsides103911303_a_psides
asides75118873_a__sides
backsides1887693backsides
bakelites1545993bakelites
bakeries14312193bakeri_es
banksides16104853banksides
besides104814533__besides
daysides1335963da_ysides
fakeries1559833fakeri_es
farsides1237993fa_rsides
firesides1346603firesides
foresides1339703foresides
gravesides1543743gravesides
lakebeds1542583lakebed_s
lakelike1137383lakelike_
lakeshores1752653lakeshores
landside10147443landside_
landslides1284183landslides
lapides103012043la__pides
lassies74420103la_ssi_es
laterites9715063laterites
laterizes18513023laterizes
planeside1285123planeside_
presides11414913_presides
resides84523283__resides
watersides1445533watersides
waysides1544453wa_ysides
weaksides1742473weak_sides

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641337.15620771.5
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.60823487.3
 
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