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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 “riddances” 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
riddances134389(None) 
riddance1243971riddance_
radiances1247692radiances
abidances1445593abidances
advances1445613_advances
brisances1345843bri_sances
dances95120653___dances
distances12311653distances
fiances12310673fi__ances
finances1338653fi_nances
forbiddances2161113forbiddances
grievances1643223grievances
guidances1344773guidances
hindrances1644843hindrances
lindanes939173lindan_es
midranges1344653midranges
nondances1247803nondances
ordinances1344973ordinances
ordnances1244753ordnances
outdances12198503outdances
piquances2244053piquances
pittances1345703pittances
radiance1148123radiance_
radiancies1345273radiancies
rances84625443r___ances
reliances1139623reliances
riddles93215023ridd__les
romances12310793r_omances
tendances1247573tendances
vibrances1645763vibrances
voidances1544473voidances

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 Filter1786911486410.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148641316.17324079.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.59227107.3
 
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