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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 “avian” 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.

57 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
avian8461605(None) 
apian75018331apian
avians93711561avians
avion84218341avion
adman84517902adman
again65218122again
agin56132712agi_n
ain37579092a_i_n
airn46433832a_irn
akin86328032aki_n
alan46844082a_lan
alias55834602alias
alien56425582alien
align65016502align
amain74922912amain
amia66836902amia_
amias75831472amias
amin66042252ami_n
anion55028812anion
aria46245422aria_
arias55438022arias
atman75520142atman
ava610139322av_a_
avail8313882avail
avant86224662av_ant
avgas96912132avgas
aviary12338412aviary
aviate9315202aviate
avid88325962avi_d
avidin103510842avidin
avions94114392avions
aviso85713962aviso
axial124515192axial
axion1211316912axion
axman144813182axman
ayin76331742ayi_n
azan136521782a_zan
banian8315382banian
caviar11310162caviar
divan96114842divan
gavial10310082gavial
kalian10312162kalian
magian9312832magian
mavin105722952mavi_n
parian83223962parian
pavan106518472pav_an
pavin105623202pavi_n
pian66136092_pian
radian74117272radian
ravin85624652ravi_n
savin84625082savi_n
vain75233002vai_n
van66246332_v_an
via65636242_via_
vial76731092_vial
viand9511072_viand
vina76331802_vina

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800571.68631909.8
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691572.01588680.4
 
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