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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 “listee” 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.

60 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
listee6422306(None) 
listed74322831listed
listees73416671listees
listel64214741listel
listen64816811listen
lister64527251lister
bister84922762bister
bistre83815022bistre
blister94415312blister
cisted95217522cisted
enlistee868322enlistee
fisted104218702fisted
giftee103512082giftee
glisten8418082glisten
glister84013342glister
histed104420242histed
istle52214712_istle
klister113410642klister
lasted74323602lasted
laster64830632laster
leister73212752leister
lessee64116362lessee
lichee114017972lichee
lifted104413522lifted
lifter93814812lifter
lilted73715372lilted
linted74021822linted
lintel64013992lintel
linter64625342linter
lisle53916722lis_le
lisles63416282lisles
lisped94113422lisped
lisper84114432lisper
list47055342list__
listels74212432listels
listened9168812listened
listener8158312listener
listens74014132listens
listers74026532listers
lists56628692list_s
lite47054542li_t_e
liter54736342li_ter
lithe84922012li_the
litre55421462li_tre
litten64014872litten
litter64324852litter
little63312162little
lusted74319442lusted
luster64023672luster
lustre64011682lustre
mestee84523882mestee
misted93625822misted
mister84728562mister
mustee83922102mustee
piste75824602pist_e
pistes85325632pistes
sister64421582sister
testee64323302testee
vestee94319152vestee
wisted104120272wisted

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551602.48333246.5
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691602.82563253.5
 
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