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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 “pesty” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

131 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
pesty10642171(None) 
pasty105725051pasty
peaty105725691peaty
pesky145911561pesky
pest65555291pest_
pesto75723721pesto
pests75933271pests
petty105320291petty
testy85419061testy
zesty176512161zesty
best66355322best_
bests75932612bests
busty105621012busty
cesta75419482cesta
cesti75217422cesti
chesty144610502chesty
deity94316772deity
dusty96018322dusty
espy969372_espy
feisty12449292feisty
fest74949442fest_
fests85828042fests
fusty115016512fusty
gest56149132gest_
geste65920692geste
gests66028812gests
gusty95119572gusty
hasty115718762hasty
hefty146112132hefty
hest75950772hest_
hests85829932hests
jest116738502jest_
jests125922452jests
jetty156212582jetty
lefty115613562lefty
lest46956322lest_
lusty85417572lusty
meaty107021312meaty
melty104918362melty
meshy135612782meshy
messy104913832messy
misty106120452misty
musty105620952musty
nasty85717282nasty
nest45548732nest_
nests55728002nests
netty85816762netty
panty105929302panty
party106630612party
past65959012past_
pasta76624532pasta
paste74932952paste
pastry114913032pastry
pasts75936502pasts
patsy105717202patsy
patty104723612patty
paty95234562p_aty
peaky145718152peaky
peat65967932peat_
peats76140192peats
peavy135014842peavy
pecky165515092pecky
peery105719442peery
pelt67651082pelt_
peltry11288652peltry
pelts76128812pelts
penny105119452penny
pent66559072pent_
pentyl1138812pentyl
peony105717562peony
peppy114310362peppy
perdy115417332perdy
perky145319482perky
perry105222712perry
pert66759322pert_
pertly115312552pertly
pes57259782pes__
peseta8310572peseta
peso66925822pes_o
pesos77221622pesos
pester84827592pester
pestle83215842pestle
pestos84719082pestos
pet56477302pe_t_
pets66248332pe_ts
petti75119452petti
petto76021042petto
piety105817302piety
pigsty1235932pigsty
piste75824602piste
pity96031932p_ity
platy105021662platy
plenty11311412plenty
poesy105014062poes_y
post67953362post_
posts75228782posts
posy96028422pos_y
potsy105815612potsy
potty105621002potty
pouty107018812pouty
prest75736352prest_
presto84216202presto
prests84021262prests
pretty11510872pretty
psst66118402psst_
pst57932512p_st_
punty106021612punty
purty105019402purty
pushy134614352pushy
pussy105614842pussy
putty104721402putty
resay85320542resay
rest46459842rest_
rests54935872rests
rusty85221052rusty
sty66227312__sty
tasty84820312tasty
tenty86121602tenty
test48651622test_
testa54822042testa
tests56530192tests
vasty116215922vasty
vest75743602vest_
vesta86618302vesta
vestry1238622vestry
vests85325982vests
west75748082west_
wests85727002wests
yeasty12438692yeasty
zest136035702zest_
zests145419742zests

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001311.54634799.5
3Display Results1311310.0462847.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911311.90593801.0
 
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