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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 “prehandled” 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.

35 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
prehandled174363(None) 
prehandle1544531prehandle_
prehandles1644181prehandles
rehandled1444761_rehandled
panhandled1772622panhandled
rehandle1246172_rehandle_
rehandles1345592_rehandles
barehanded1743443barehand_ed
forehanded1844843forehand_ed
freehanded1843403freehand_ed
handled124114533___handled
manhandled1752633manhandled
mishandled1743433mishandled
outhandled1573633outhandled
overhandled1943623overhandled
panhandle1543363panhandle_
panhandler1652543panhandler
panhandles1643263panhandles
preambled1643893pre_ambled
precanceled1852453precanceled
prefaded1537823prefa_d_ed
prefunded1644693prefund_ed
prehandling1853423prehandling
preharden15104823prehard_en
prehardened1852413prehardened
pretended1337193pretend_ed
prevailed1536043preva_iled
rehanged1357833_rehan_ged
rekindled1543313_rekindled
relanded102410463_reland_ed
remanded123011323_remand_ed
repaneled1245333_repaneled
resaddled1294253_resaddled
treadled1067123tre_a_dled
unhandled1445703_unhandled

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603356.37622051.9
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691356.79826285.8
 
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