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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 “pointy” 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.

44 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
pointy11491328(None) 
painty114714751painty
point75338731point_
pointe84619311pointe
points85618531points
bounty113411072bounty
county114313322county
dainty105311472dainty
flinty126112492flinty
glinty106910692glinty
joint125227722joint_
jointly1735482jointly
joints133811452joints
linty87126562_linty
minty106323902_minty
moiety1148222moiety
paint75443692paint_
paints85921832paints
panty105929302p_anty
piety105817302p_iety
piney105727502p_iney
pinky145823402p_inky
pinny105222062p_inny
pint66963172p_int_
pinta75727052p_inta
pinto75625752p_into
pints75936222p_ints
piny911838352p_in_y
pity96031932p_i_ty
plenty11311412plenty
plinth11310452plinth
poind84217912poin_d
poinds93511142poinds
pointed103813982pointed
pointer93814932pointer
pointes93216752pointes
polity113015862polity
pony96434052po_n_y
porny106020192porn_y
potty105621002po_tty
pouty107018812po_uty
print74837462print_
prints84320102prints
punty106021612p_unty

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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551442.75030018.5
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.13956926.1
 
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