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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 “advancer” 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
advancer144349(None) 
advance1346041advance_
advanced1543311advanced
advancers1542991advancers
advances1445611advances
dancer94817612_d_ancer
adamance1345543adamance_
adamances1445033adamances
adapter1036173ad_apter
adducer1184163ad_ducer
adorner8246983adorn_er
advancing1643063advancing
advice12107883adv_ice_
advices13136933adv_ices
adviser11135783adv_iser
arranger936883arranger
askance1345923askance_
avenger1135493a_venger
balancer1246603balancer
cancer104220923__cancer
chancer144215633_chancer
dance85223133_d_ance_
danced105315253_d_anced
dancers103413093_d_ancers
dances95120653_d_ances
dander811222993_d_ander
danger83722833_d_anger
danker114319663_d_anker
enhancer1346683enhancer
glancer103710073_glancer
lancer84319973__lancer
levanter1145303levanter
prancer113613383_prancer
radiance1148123radiance_
radiances1247693radiances
romancer1247293romancer
vanner94215843__vanner

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162377.03020791.2
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.45223978.9
 
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