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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 “exchanges” 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.

40 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
exchanges2212461(None) 
exchange21124321exchange_
exchanged23113671exchanged
exchanger22123971exchanger
exchangers23103201exchangers
changes134517582__changes
rechanges1568182rechanges
archangel1544313archangel
archangels1643283archangels
bechances1847613bechances
chances145218093__chances
change124116753__change_
changed144214143__changed
changer134215543__changer
changers144313203__changers
changs125215373__chang_s
charges134615983__charges
encages103313783enc_a_ges
enchanted1546553enchanted
enchanter1446193enchanter
enchanters1545223enchanters
enchants1347823enchan_ts
enchases13310273encha_ses
enhances1339293e_nhances
escuages1145163escua_ges
estranges10359983estranges
etchants1346023etchan_ts
etchings14396293etching_s
ethanes103713513e_than_es
exchanging2443093exchanging
exclaves2044923excla_ves
exhales1737143ex_ha_les
expanses17156173ex_panses
expunges1843573ex_punges
gearchanges1852293gearchanges
rechange1458183rechange_
rechanged1646853rechanged
recharges1586953recharges
unchanged1636283unchanged
uncharges1546213uncharges

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641407.08020994.5
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691407.52923733.7
 
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