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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 “plotty” 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.

35 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
plotty1120885(None) 
blotty11178341blotty
clotty11208261clotty
potty105621001p_otty
blotto8198442blotto
dotty94516102_dotty
floaty124210942floaty
grotty10389832grotty
jotty155012602_jotty
knotty13315222knotty
lofty115813302_lofty
lotte54923852_lotte
lotto55217572_lotto
patty104723612p_atty
petty105320292p_etty
platy105021662pl_aty
plenty11311412plenty
ploidy1237482ploidy
plot66141232plo_t_
plots75025672plo_ts
plotted104612372plotted
plotter94113662plotter
plotz164617002plo_tz
ploy96123602plo__y
polity113015862polity
potsy105815612p_otsy
potto75320942p_otto
pouty107018812p_outy
pretty11510872pretty
putty104721402p_utty
slitty9329162slitty
slutty9248002slutty
snotty9489202snotty
spotty11448582spotty
zloty17399792zlo_ty

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551352.75030018.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691352.87662131.8
 
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