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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 “serjeant” 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.

46 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
serjeant159647(None) 
sejeant1489721se_jeant
sergeant9129401sergeant
serjeants1673961serjeants
serjeanty19122721serjeanty
permeant12310912permeant
sejant133114482se_j_ant
sergeants10115592sergeants
sergeanty13104162sergeanty
serpent92916282serpe_nt
servant10313622ser_vant
errant6618733_er_rant
ferment12315573ferme_nt
fervent13310063ferve_nt
gerent73223093ger_e_nt
hereat93527413her_ea_t
merchant1548803merchant
percent113520603perce_nt
perpent112318803perpe_nt
recreant10311283recreant
rerent63832453rer_e_nt
sarment9318763sarme_nt
sealant73118303se_alant
seawant103613413se_awant
secant84023293se__cant
segment10312563segme_nt
segregant1144363segregant
sequent16410323seque_nt
serein63318463ser_ein_
sereins73716113ser_eins
serenata8197673ser_enata
serenate81914883ser_enate
serene63522353ser_e_ne
serest64831613ser_e_st
sergeancy15113623sergeancy
serjeanties1852643serjeanties
serpents102410373serpe_nts
serrano768463ser_rano
servants1137993ser_vants
setenant849923setenant
sextant142911963se_xtant
sorbent92915243sorbe_nt
sprent84522383spr_e_nt
sterilant947283sterilant
verdant11313293ver_dant
versant10313833ver_sant

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162466.48622535.0
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691466.65526850.6
 
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