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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fornostalgia” 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.

12 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
nostalgia105318(None) 
nostalgias1152821nostalgias
nostalgic1253171nostalgic
nostalgics1352282nostalgics
nostalgist1153842nostalgist
otalgia844482_o_talgia
contagia1156773conta_gia
coxalgia1842743co_xalgia
neuralgia1053403neuralgia
nostalgists1252643nostalgists
otalgias944183_o_talgias
otalgic1045063_o_talgic

Search took 8 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 Limit148641127.50019818.8
3Display Results12120.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691127.92322553.5