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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 “longest” 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.

41 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
longest8411495(None) 
congest104618771congest
longes75925571longes_
blondest11419242blondest
boniest93318992boniest
conges94928172conges_
congests113510382congests
contest93523232contest
fondest11312402fondest
honest94822422hon_est
ingest73119002_ingest
lankest112714112lankest
largest83715102largest
lingiest93715262lingiest
liniest73321152liniest
lodges86820152lodges_
loges66534202lo_ges_
loggets9378912loggets
loggiest103011012loggiest
logiest82515542logiest
longe66626462longe__
longed87121372longe_d
longer75823202longe_r
longers84819542longers
longies82916552longies_
longish11229092longish
longness938552longness
longs65527062long_s_
looniest83313252looniest
loosest75811562loosest
loudest839932loudest
lounges84811352lounges_
lowest93915592lo_west
lunges76123422lunges_
luniest73516992luniest
mongst93512602mong_st
nonguest938562nonguest
songfest1236842songfest
toniest73218902toniest
wrongest1236732wrongest
youngest1244902youngest

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671413.26632967.2
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691413.63949104.4
 
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