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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 “ascents” 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.

38 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
ascents9381255(None) 
accents113511231accents
ascends10388201ascends
ascent84519651ascent_
assents74512221assents
scents85317021_scents
absents93510722absents
accent105116262accent_
accepts13356352accepts
acescents1345232acescents
advents11309472advents
agents74816292a_gents
aments85219802a_ments
ancients1098972ancients
argents84014852argents
arpents93613082arpents
ascend9429732ascen_d
asceses938622asceses
ascesis938372ascesis
ascots85312512asc_ots
aspects1146742aspects
aspens85013352aspen_s
assent65119952assent_
asserts74311792asserts
assets65617662asse_ts
cents74730332__cents
descents112511202descents
docents102810802docents
incents92414532incents
nascent9610522nascent_
pschents1544112pschents
reascents1177402reascents
scants85219722_scants
scenas84114702_scenas
scends95213002_scends
scenes84520352_scenes
scent75831622_scent_
stents65019452_stents

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit107671383.46631064.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.60849526.3
 
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