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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 “lastly” 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.

52 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
lastly9331087(None) 
vastly12508721vastly
aptly105111812_aptly
basely114412312basely
bassly114610072bassly
beastly1277562beastly
blasty115611052blast_y
castle84918962castle
costly114012332costly
daftly1335442daftly
easily9313022easily
fatly115716802fa_tly
flatly123110212fla_tly
ghastly14354562ghastly
hastily133010662hastily
hasty115718762hast_y
hostly124210862hostly
justly16307252justly
lacily11612762lacily
laithly1335652laithly
laity85318902lait_y
lamely114013222lamely
lanely93914482lanely
lankly13439622lankly
last46260322last__
lasted74323602lasted
laster64830632laster
lasts57731262last_s
lately93413842lately
lathy115215062la_thy
laxly15610102la_xly
lazily1859712lazily
lushly12247342lushly
lustily103611242lustily
lusty85417572lust_y
mostly113110942mostly
nastily103011032nastily
nasty85717282nast_y
partly116315472partly
pastry114913032pastry
pasty105725052past_y
patly105020582pa_tly
raptly11338912raptly
rashly123410212rashly
rattly94111542rattly
slantly10399322slantly
tartly96014022tartly
tastily103311642tastily
tasty84820312tast_y
tautly9499502tautly
vasty116215922vast_y
wastry12388772wastry

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551522.31335690.0
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691522.67266875.4
 
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