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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forchainsaws” 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.

20 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
chainsaws174226(None) 
chainsaw1642371chainsaw_
chainsawed1951122chainsawed
chaines124518733chain__es
chainfall1752113chainfall
chainfalls1852003chainfalls
chainman1585193chainma_n
chains114819703chain___s
chainsawing2051643chainsawing
chairmans1685143chairmans
chaises124317493chai_s_es
chamisas15317813chamisa_s
chansons1337473cha_nsons
chinas115119403ch_in_a_s
chinwags1743383ch_inwags
gainsays1243503_gainsays
hacksaws2043923_hacksaws
handsaws1545873_handsaws
hansas94616043_ha_nsa_s
whipsaws1942693wh_ipsaws

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 Filter1786911486410.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit148641207.78319098.2
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691208.24921662.1