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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 “serenades” 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.

60 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
serenades1021794(None) 
serenade9218341serenade_
serenaded11215931serenaded
serenader10216001serenader
serenaders11204661serenaders
grenades1038432_grenades
selenates91611362selenates
selenides10178202selenides
serenatas9145192serenatas
serenate81914882serenate_
serenes73222902seren__es
bereaves1338273bere_aves
forenames1447543forenames
grenade938413_grenade_
heredes11313133here__des
lemonades1244093lemonades
maenades1137473_maenades
marinades12268973marinades
merengues1243373merengues
nereides938503nere_ides
perennates1256763perennates
persuades1245623persuades
pervades1437353per_vades
prefades1439533_prefades
prenames12311643_prenames
renames92418053__renames
renegades1145123renegades
rereads81512293rere_ad_s
secedes103711983sece__des
secondes1138133secon_des
seepages1137283se_epages
segregates1245333segregates
selenate81712533selenate_
selenide9158873selenide_
selenites91312093selenites
selenoses947463selenoses
senates73322613s__enates
serapes95218103ser__apes
serenading1246103serenading
serenata8197673serena_ta
serene63522353seren__e_
sereneness1047133sereneness
serener73415763seren__er
serenest82717623seren__est
serenities10411073serenities
serfages1238233ser_fages
seriates82620673ser_iates
serines74229543serin__es
serrates82617023ser_rates
setenants945973setenants
seventies1249673seventies
sewerages1345363sewerages
spreader1137483spre_ader
spreaders1236503spre_aders
spreads1039763spre_ad_s
surnames1037273sur_names
tapenades1245063tapenades
threnodes1354963threnodes
usernames1142373user_names
venenates1247583venenates

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641608.20318120.3
3Display Results60600.0331818.2
 (SQL Overall)178691608.68920565.2
 
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