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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 “recentness” 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.

31 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
recentness124546(None) 
presentness1345662presentness
recentest11410282recent_est
recentnesses1465372recentnesses
relentless1043702relentless
accentless1442563accentless
ancientness1353353ancientness
centners1057243__centners
decenters122410373decent_ers
decentest1249083decent_est
decentres12238523decentre_s
erectness1146123_erectness
evenness1135543_even_ness
eventless1244603_eventless
frequentness2451823frequentness
greenness1046793gre_en_ness
intentness1047363intentness
keenness1234883ke_en_ness
meetness1036653me_e_tness
recanters112310483recant_ers
recencies13312253recencie_s
recenter102715443recent_e_r
reediness10239613re_ediness
reenters82915303re_ent_ers
repenters112511553repent_ers
scantness1135733_scantness
scentless1135113_scentless
selectness1245453selectness
sereneness1047133sereneness
silentness1044573silentness
vacantness1562513vacantness

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 Limit140603315.73324525.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.15529031.8
 
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