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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 “adamance” 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.

39 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
adamance134554(None) 
adamances1445031adamances
adamancy1643711adamancy
adamancies1543772adamancies
adamant101110442adaman_t
adamants1186342adamants
advance1346042ad_vance
abeyance1545013abeyance
abidance1346323abidance
acutance1246303acutance
adamantine1353423adamantine
adamantly1543053adamantly
adamsite1144423adamsite
adjacence2172883adjacence
adman84517903ad_man__
advanced1543313ad_vanced
advancer1443493ad_vancer
advances1445613ad_vances
affiance1645653affiance
alliance1097263alliance
ambiance1446063ambiance
askance1345923a_skance
ataman81013063ataman__
atamans9710433ataman_s
atamasco1242333atamasco
avalanche17112513avalanche
balance11510263_balance
calamanco1543113calamanco
damage10410773_dama_ge
daman84821163_daman__
damans94715983_daman_s
dance85223133_d__ance
diamante1186423diamante
durance1059113_durance
feasance1345823feasance
radiance1148123rad_iance
romance11311083_romance
slamdance1442893slamdance
valance1269253_valance

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162397.65619091.2
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691398.09222082.4
 
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