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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 “aneared” 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.

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
aneared851274(None) 
afeared1176831afeared
neared75119811_neared
afeard1058262afear_d
anear55420322anear__
anears63717182anear_s
aneled74719282ane_led
angered93013472angered
annealed936342annealed
ansated84214002ansated
antired82316192antired
appeared1336142appeared
ascared10399522ascared
averred11237592averred
bleared104211252bleared
cleared103612462cleared
eared65139502__eared
endeared1038052endeared
feared106320432_feared
geared85317742_geared
hangared1337572hangared
kneaded13146472kneaded
nearer64618892_nearer
reared75930012_reared
seared75232842_seared
sheared114516012sheared
smeared104510622smeared
snared74824552sn_ared
sneaked12329692sneaked
sneaped10338812sneaped
sneered83113972sneered
speared104314422speared
teared75722152_teared
unbeared111611652unbeared
unearned9310062unearned
unfeared121511012unfeared
unseared91113942unseared

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671373.60629858.8
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691373.99944683.9
 
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