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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 “webcasts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

55 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
webcasts154331(None) 
webcast1445551webcast_
recasts93413532re_casts
webcams1643072webca_ms
webcasted1741972webcasted
webcaster1642382webcaster
webcasters1742142webcasters
basts75936933__b_asts
beasts84519723__beasts
blasts85116773__blasts
boasts85017923__boasts
bobcats1335993bobca_ts
casts77237793___casts
debases103814133deb_ases
decants103514443de_cants
demasts1089223de_masts
descants112910143descants
dicasts1078703_dicasts
easts57530323_e__asts
encases93116053_encases
encysts1244313_encysts
feasts95116093fe__asts
heliasts1136103heliasts
hepcats1436473hepca_ts
leasts64616413le__asts
miscasts1238343miscasts
newscasts1442523newscasts
oblasts947303_oblasts
offcasts1643013offcasts
outcasts10108683outcasts
overcasts14217853overcasts
peltasts1035703peltasts
precasts1239453precasts
rebaits9312573reb_aits
recants93217093re_cants
recast83422773re_cast_
repasts93611933re_pasts
seacoasts1144193seacoasts
secants93413893se_cants
subcaste1287853subcaste
subcastes1387493subcastes
teacarts10116073teacarts
telecasts1145543telecasts
upcasts11185643_upcasts
wasts87433673w___asts
webcam1545543webca__m
webcasting1842483webcasting
webless1237003webles_s
webmaster1643003webmaster
webmasters1742913webmasters
webpages1643053webpages
wechts1446253we_c_hts
wests85727003we___sts
yeasts96413053ye__asts
zebrass1834113zebras_s

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162557.17320376.7
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691557.62523434.9
 
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