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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 “hearten” 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.

37 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
hearten10241175(None) 
hearken14338021hearken
hearted113314021hearted
heartens113010151heartens
beaten84617062bea_ten
earthen1039252_earthen
eaten55323052_ea_ten
hapten115312982h_apten
harden105718532h_arden
harken135116342h_arken
hasten95718562h_asten
headmen13259512headmen
hearer94323642hear_er
hearkens15336692hearkens
hearse94114272hearse_
hearsed113811402hearsed
hearses104414532hearses
heart85440742heart__
heartened1347062heartened
heartener1256762heartener
hearth125315212heart_h
hearths135311072hearths
heartier1139092heartier
hearties11315412hearties
hearting12513122hearting
hearts96218942heart_s
hearty126313632heart_y
heated104525592hea_ted
heater94828302hea_ter
heathen133410892heathen
heaven123912602hea_ven
hoarsen10367992hoarsen
marten84518262_marten
neaten64214542nea_ten
pearter9412742pearter
smarten9348862smarten
wheaten1336402whea_ten

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671372.98636058.6
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691373.35953197.7
 
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