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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 “everyman” 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.

30 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
everyman164351(None) 
everymen1644421everymen
everyday1841832everyday
everyway2041932everyway
everywoman2151772everywoman
liveryman1752222liveryman
overman12311462over_man
clergyman1751913clergyman
dairyman1443493dairyman
deliveryman206903deliveryman
eversion1138713eversion
every115215453every___
everydays1951273everydays
everyone1444763everyone
everywomen2152083everywomen
ferryman1643813ferryman
german9611983_ger_man
herdman13238423_herdman
juryman1943583_juryman
liverymen1742813liverymen
merman10513863_mer_man
overmans13310313over_mans
overmany1647143over_many
overmen12311803over_men
overplan13258943overplan
overran10311663over_ran
vermian12329713_vermian
vermin113414523_ver_min
verseman1345383_verseman
vestryman1752013vestryman

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162306.65621959.4
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.07525256.7
 
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