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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 “squashes” 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.

31 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
squashes2020780(None) 
quashes192110971_quashes
squashed21215981squashed
squasher20185781squasher
squashers21184981squashers
squishes20198391squishes
squushes20194671squushes
musquashes2451762musquashes
quashed20207972_quashed
quasher19198622_quasher
quashers20186802_quashers
quasses16209502_quasses
qurshes19228572_qurshes
sashes94728482s__ashes
shushes133510302shu_shes
slashes103619102s_lashes
slushes103514412slu_shes
smashes123914612s_mashes
smushes123710092smu_shes
snashes105214752s_nashes
splashes1337502splashes
squares163714462squa_res
squash1846832squash__
squashier2143912squashier
squashiest2244122squashiest
squashy2233842squash_y
squished21186392squished
squooshes2142542squooshes
squushed21193702squushed
stashes103916172s_tashes
swashes134714402s_washes

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059313.82631641.1
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691314.21642384.0
 
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