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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 “pans” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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
pans6585572(None) 
bans66555131bans
cans65050841cans
dans56748141dans
fans76247361fans
mans66354531mans
nans46139391nans
pacs85842181pacs
pads76742951pads
pains75138281pains
pals66951351pals
pams85641761pams
pan58466441pan_
pane64950281pane
panes76148691panes
pang75336281pang
pangs84628661pangs
pansy105717971pansy
pant66061251pant
pants76536921pants
paps86443451paps
pars67560791pars
pas58775741pa_s
pass65239951pass
pats66460851pats
pawns108818131pawns
paws96038181paws
pays95940221pays
peans75437641peans
pens65649641pens
pians75126961pians
pins65558451pins
plans75731271plans
pons65850601pons
puns66641481puns
sans45153351sans
spans74528731spans
tans46154811tans
vans76236721vans
wans76452261wans

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit13983400.28349409.9
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691400.389459359.9
 
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