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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 “pastless” 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.

52 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
pastless10241120(None) 
mastless102610021mastless
passless10247221passless
pastness102510501pastness
artless73712512_artless
ashless10318452_ashless
baseless1099562baseless
cashless1336772cashless
castles94917732castle_s
costless10310002costless
dustless9328352dustless
fastness11238762fastness
fatless103212202fa_tless
feastless1235042feastless
gasless8319012gas_less
gastness9278472gastness
gustless9287682gustless
haltless11308442haltless
hatless103813442ha_tless
listless8269262listless
massless10277112massless
matless93014042ma_tless
painless10108342painless
paneless102611762paneless
partlets102811512partlets
pastels95215182past_els
pasters94531732past_ers
pastes85233912past_e_s
pasties94529812pastie_s
pastiest103319542pastiest
pastiness112312352pastiness
pastises103616052pastises
pathless13138042pathless
patness92912282pa_tness
peltless10267372peltless
pestles93217692pestle_s
plotless10256792plotless
poetless1038722poetless
portless10310642portless
restless82713162restless
rustless83510242rustless
saltless8259342saltless
sashless1136602sashless
tactless10288462tactless
tasteless935672tasteless
vastness11257292vastness
vestless11258842vestless
waistless1235092waistless
wartless11279922wartless
wattless11268722wattless
yeastless1234052yeastless
zestless17247432zestless

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059523.47034887.3
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691523.85946305.0
 
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