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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forspritsails” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

10 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
spritsails125245(None) 
spritsail1142181spritsail_
sprigtails1382782sprigtails
shirttails1362653shirttails
spirituals1253553spiritua_ls
spitals93011593sp_it_a_ls
spitballs1344073sp_itballs
sprigtail12122773sprigtail_
springals1245373springa_ls
springtails14112223springtails

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit140603106.85620508.0
3Display Results10100.016625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691107.04525364.2