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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 “piece” 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.

81 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
piece9671799(None) 
apiece10510081apiece
niece74814501niece
pice84641091pi_ce
pieced113912101pieced
piecer105213081piecer
pieces104217271pieces
pierce104010391pierce
bice86235562bi_ce
deice84320032deice
dice75841892di_ce
diene65720132diene
fice95737112fi_ce
fierce11348912fierce
ice56737242_i_ce
lice66045062li_ce
liege65314432liege
lieve86315472lieve
mice87442232mi_ce
mince95325232mince
nice65534712ni_ce
nieces84112712nieces
nieve85613182nieve
pace86345772p_ace
peace95026082peace
pec76744412p_ec_
pech116125452p_ech
peck125730682p_eck
pecs84634102p_ecs
pee56066512p_e_e
peeve104915252peeve
peise75825772peise
peke105926202p_eke
pele65539552p_ele
pence94924452pence
pere66450262p_ere
pic76046822pi_c_
pica85831492pi_ca
pick125933812pi_ck
pics85633912pi_cs
pie55457402pi__e
piecers114112252piecers
pied75035362pie_d
pier66035292pie_r
pierced12347592pierced
piercer11337772piercer
pierces113411192pierces
piers75926332piers
pies66949602pie_s
pieta75421752pieta
piety105817302piety
pike106335212pi_ke
pile65649692pi_le
pincer104019172pincer
pinch125619302pinch
pine67755712pi_ne
pinene82915642pinene
pipe86434432pi_pe
pique16410172pique
pisco96314982pisco
piste75824602piste
pitch125018412pitch
pixie145415522pixie
place94824612place
plebe95014872plebe
ponce95222512ponce
pree67044732pre_e
prese75228382prese
price93725412price
prince104114762prince
puce85127882p_uce
rice64942912ri_ce
sice65545592si_ce
siege66718442siege
sieve84918842sieve
since75024172since
spice95528812spi_ce
tierce8339842tierce
vice95732852vi_ce
wince105220882wince
yince105214252yince

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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit53800813.51615301.5
3Display Results81810.0461760.9
 (SQL Overall)178691813.90545759.5
 
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