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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 “tennis” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

63 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
tennis6401530(None) 
bennis84314801bennis
pennis84315741pennis
tennies73017971tennies
tennist72813111tennist
tenuis64213081tenuis
bennes86019012bennes
benni74715362benni_
bennies93917312bennies
ennuis636472_ennuis
hennas94211802hennas
hennish1336862hennish
jennies143511622jennies
jinnis13489052jinnis
lenis56326862le_nis
penis75129322pe_nis
penni74617902penni_
pennia84412972pennia
pennies94218812pennies
renins64526452renins
rennin63914032rennin
rennins74013412rennins
sennas64214232sennas
sennit63117922sennit
sennits73811282sennits
tannic82811472tannic
tannin62613922tannin
tannins72813222tannins
tannish101610572tannish
teens56227482teen_s
teinds738262teinds
tenail64516112tenail
tenails73713922tenails
tenants7311012tenants
tends65425582te_nds
tendus75111182tendus
tenets65518952tenets
tenia55324482te_nia
tenias64720072tenias
tenner64117102tenner
tenners74014922tenners
tennises82810132tennises
tennists8297792tennists
tenons62916602tenons
tenors63217752tenors
tenpin8310582tenpin
tenpins9410072tenpins
tens45647412te_n_s
tenses64722552tenses
tenths94412662tenths
tentie62521182tentie
tents56434212te_nts
tenues63816442tenues
terais64023512terais
ternes65422902ternes
terns55226872tern_s
testis64916712testis
tetris62816292tetris
tonnes65320852tonnes
tonnish10149092tonnish
tunnies73614262tunnies
venins93816702venins
wennish1336242wennish

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551632.29635954.3
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691632.68566551.6
 
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