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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search formossbacks” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

21 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
mossbacks194371(None) 
mossback1843711mossback_
cossacks1645222coss_acks
mossbacked2151712mossbacked
comebacks2145273comebacks
cossack1545823coss_ack_
crossbucks2052433crossbucks
crossjacks2552463crossjacks
fastbacks2044253fastbacks
fossicks17134163foss_icks
hogbacks2044853ho_gbacks
holdbacks2144313holdbacks
hopsacks1944733hops_acks
horsebacks2144143horsebacks
misspaces1546513misspaces
outbacks1638983_outbacks
rollbacks1744643rollbacks
roorbacks1764653roorbacks
softbacks2043883softbacks
tombacks18216463to_mbacks
towsacks1744173tows_acks

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641216.07624463.6
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691216.51527427.6