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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 “patness” 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.

60 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
patness9291228(None) 
aptness9268571aptness
fatness103311291fatness
pastness102510501pastness
apartness1146052apartness
badness1039572badness
daftness1235532daftness
farness102912202farness
fastness11238762fastness
fatless103212202fatless
fitness10299392fitness
flatness1138152flatness
gastness9278472gastness
gayness1136842gayness
harness102413932harness
hatless103813442hatless
hotness1038612hotness
lateness82614072lateness
laxness1436042laxness
madness10310072madness
matiness102114752matiness
matless93014042matless
neatness839152neatness
packness1636932packness
painless10108342painless
paleness10312982paleness
panels84716522pa_nels
panes76148692pa_ne_s
panners93621272panners
pannes85522852panne_s
partners102711132partners
pastiness112312352pastiness
pastless102411202pastless
patens84820862pat_ens
patents94815202patents
paters84935832pat_ers
pates76047892pat_e_s
pathless13138042pathless
patines95225762patine_s
patnesses111611792patnesses
patroness1137482patroness
pattens95414922pattens
patters94825192patters
patzers184210572patzers
pawnees12298172pawnees
pawners124311072pawners
peartness1137772peartness
pertness10310092pertness
raptness1046732raptness
rawness1038152rawness
sadness8310612sadness
saltness82610242saltness
tartness82210132tartness
tautness8217182tautness
vastness11257292vastness
waeness102512782waeness
wanness102610682wanness
wetness10277722wetness
whatness1435092whatness
witness103010012witness

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671603.69029179.1
3Display Results60600.0134615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691604.07643839.8
 
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