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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forlost” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

20 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
lost4795149(None) 
cost68057941cost
dost57248351dost
glost65422931glost
host77852831host
last46260321last
lest46956321lest
list47055341list
loft76539141loft
loot46955821loot
lose45144581lose
loss45337961loss
lot38179261lo_t
lots47652091lots
lout45952141lout
lust47442601lust
most66554201most
post67953361post
tost48351921tost
wost76544361wost

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 Filter178691139830.0602978183.3
2DLD Change Limit13983200.26652567.7
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691200.326548131.9