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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 “blandishers” 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.

26 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
blandishers174300(None) 
blandisher1643461blandisher_
blandishes1644611blandishe_s
banishers14258052b_an_ishers
blandished1743332blandishe_d
brandishes1645892brandishe_s
planishers1584772plan_ishers
banisher13169183b_an_isher_
banishes131812463b_an_ishe_s
banisters11189473b_an_isters
bannisters1244323b_annisters
blanchers16307433blan__chers
blandish1497003blandish___
blandishing1852903blandishing
blandishment2092983blandishment
blandishments21102333blandishments
blemishers1763013bl_emishers
blindfishes2052583blindfishe_s
brandished1744003brandishe_d
burnishers1543703burn_ishers
languishers1552593_languishers
lavishers1564643_la_vishers
planisher1495853plan_isher_
planishes14138523plan_ishe_s
standishes1445713standishe_s
vanishers15186613_van_ishers

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 Filter1786911216330.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121633264.40627606.2
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691264.79537266.1
 
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