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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 “webmaster” 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.

37 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
webmaster164300(None) 
webcaster1642381webcaster
webmasters1742911webmasters
remaster10311472re_master
webcasted1741972webcasted
webcasters1742142webcasters
webster1236092web__ster
baster85333593__b_aster
blaster94017303__blaster
boaster94616433__boaster
bombaster1543803bombaster
debaser103510413deb_as_er
debater104114693deb_a_ter
deemster1175713deem_ster
demasted1238763de_masted
demister11310223de_mister
dempster1355773de_mpster
easter65027983_e__aster
feaster10812983fe__aster
headmaster16204643headmaster
master84831343___master
outmaster1147303outmaster
overmaster1546023overmaster
paymaster1643873paymaster
rebater93517913reb_a_ter
remasters11310583re_masters
replaster1136583replaster
seamster1037143seam_ster
semester1038903se_mester
spymaster1642583spymaster
teamster1036293team_ster
teataster944563teataster
waster95228943w___aster
webcast1445553webcast__
webcasts1543313webcast_s
websters1335803web__sters
wester94222893we___ster

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148641376.05024568.8
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691376.46627635.5
 
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