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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 “lat” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

45 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
lat3759340(None) 
alt36467961alt
at212393401_at
bat510988951bat
blat66550951blat
cat58282341cat
eat36989051eat
fat68178081fat
flat77147821flat
gat46880511gat
hat67289961hat
kat77468291kat
la219261631la_
lab58864781lab
lac510155821lac
lad48165701lad
lag47862121lag
lam57666711lam
lap58565271lap
lar37967531lar
las37281471las
last46260321last
late47560481late
lath76640381lath
lati46438271lati
lats45962701lats
latu47934181latu
lav66847341lav
law68656641law
lax107651521lax
lay68865351lay
let36481471let
lit39377311lit
lot38179261lot
mat58083931mat
oat39888261oat
pat58089461pat
plat66048871plat
qat125253331qat
rat37892741rat
sat36288481sat
slat46959021slat
tat37690291tat
vat67863451vat
wat67378921wat

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit5146450.20325349.8
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691450.312572727.6
 
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