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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 “refreshen” 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.

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
refreshen158516(None) 
refreshed1685611refreshed
refreshens16113991refreshens
refresher15104651refresher
refreshes1595951refreshes
freshen133010882__freshen
refresh1335452refresh__
refreshened1852462refreshened
refreshers16103672refreshers
refreshing1746062refreshing
refreshment1954062refreshment
freshed143312593__freshed
freshens14298313__freshens
fresher132612643__fresher
freshes133515823__freshes
freshet133416643__freshet
freshmen1656023__freshmen
prefreshman216763prefreshman
redressed1137773redressed
redresser1056793redresser
redresses10410293redresses
refasten1136103ref_asten
reforested1445383reforested
refreeze2063263refreeze_
refreezes2153443refreezes
refreshening1952423refreshening
refreshments2053603refreshments
refrozen2063873refr_ozen
regreen8309043regre__en
regressed1138113regressed
regresses10310463regresses
reprehend1584073repre_hend
represent11410073repres_ent
repressed12610103repressed
represser1168953represser
represses11412143represses
rerisen73613643re_ris_en

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641377.28320409.3
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.71623158.5
 
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