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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 “applauses” 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.

42 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
applauses134403(None) 
applause1243661applause_
appeases1238662appea_ses
applauded1542172applauded
applauder1442362applauder
applauders1542122applauders
applauds13103282applau_ds
appraises1347422appraises
afflatuses1651853afflatuses
amplexuses2151713amplexuses
amylases1346663amyla_ses
anlases72514903a_nla_ses
apoapses1244713a_poapses
apolunes1045293apol_unes
apophases1647973apopha_ses
apparatuses1552203apparatuses
appease1137913appea_se_
appeased1335793appea_sed
appeaser1245953appea_ser
appeasers1345263appea_sers
applaud1293903applau__d
apples104315763appl___es
applesauces1751713applesauces
appliances1643973appliances
applies11311213appl__ies
appliques2242553appliques
apposes11511473app__oses
appraise1247703appraise_
appraised1445593appraised
appraisee1345973appraisee
appraisees1443153appraisees
appraiser1344953appraiser
appraisers1443503appraisers
apprises12310963app_rises
appulses1234893app_ulses
apyrases1337243apyra_ses
atlases72410643a_tla_ses
clauses93813323__clauses
papyruses1643223papyruses
pauses84621473__p_auses
pepluses1287023pepl_uses
pluses83618073__pl_uses

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641427.00021234.4
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.45223978.9
 
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