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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 “cancer” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

161 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
cancer10422092(None) 
cancel105316681cancel
cancers114018581cancers
caner75334771can_er
canker124422521canker
canner84625981canner
canoer85121071canoer
canter85230111canter
chancer144215631chancer
dancer94817611dancer
lancer84319971lancer
anger66225872_anger
bander93928222bander
banger94423632banger
banker124222732banker
banner84421502banner
banter84825332banter
caber95126832ca_ber
cabler104519172cabler
cadger105013912cadger
cager85229222ca_ger
cagier93715932cagier
cahier113615772cahier
cakier123115242cakier
calcar10312752calcar
calces104420052calces
calker124917082calker
caller85125482caller
calmer105216932calmer
camber124418482camber
camper124722212camper
cancan10314102cancan
canceler12238912canceler
cancels114113312cancels
cancered132411552cancered
cancha134411612cancha
candler103516592candler
candor94516422candor
cane66653122can_e_
caned85838092can_ed
caners84629202can_ers
canes75350372can_es
cankers134418752cankers
canned95022062canned
cannel84216402cannel
canners93822662canners
cannery123610012cannery
cannier94014162cannier
canoe75627252canoe_
canoed94618962canoed
canoers94318372canoers
canoes84725882canoes
canted94825782canted
canters94827732canters
cantor85621522cantor
caper94831622ca_per
capper124421982capper
carcel105018672carcel
carder94524182carder
career85822242career
carer74942332ca_rer
carper104923632carper
carter84932272carter
carver114420152carver
caster85232572caster
catcher143115822catcher
cater74840722ca_ter
causer84117782causer
caver105629062ca_ver
censer84516582censer
center84421412center
chance134617092chance_
chanced154113212chanced
chancel144011772chancel
chancers154313492chancers
chancery18366652chancery
chances145218092chances
chancier1538822chancier
chancre14348782chancre
changer134215542changer
chanter123919732chanter
chicer134513602chicer
cinder94119122cinder
clanger104113492clanger
concern113011962concern
concert113325222concert
concur10411102concur
confer114018682confer
conger95024272conger
conker124721552conker
conner84423962conner
cranker133612792cranker
cunner83915002cunner
dance85223132dance_
danced105315252danced
dancers103413092dancers
dances95120652dances
dander811222992dander
danger83722822danger
danker114319662danker
facer105525052fa_cer
fancier123412062fancier
fanner94218182fanner
farcer115016082farcer
fencer114613532fencer
gander84322762gander
ganger83721462ganger
glancer103710072glancer
hance105424152hance_
hances115621282hances
hander104526432hander
hanger104023252hanger
hanker134622092hanker
lacer75833752la_cer
lance75126722lance_
lanced93717722lanced
lancers93616642lancers
lances84824102lances
lancet84223572lancet
lander74028482lander
lanker104123002lanker
lanner64920602lanner
macer912126942ma_cer
manger94325002manger
manner84020512manner
mincer104017362mincer
nance74721842nance_
nances83618642nances
pacer96131612pa_cer
pander93725522pander
panier84425502panier
panner84224762panner
panzer174213232panzer
pincer104019172pincer
prancer113613382prancer
racer75233022ra_cer
rance75028512rance_
rances84625442rances
rancher123013632rancher
rancor8810372rancor
ranger73925522ranger
ranker105021902ranker
ranter63826822ranter
sander74828532sander
saner54334322san_er
sanger74524562sanger
saucer84314102saucer
scanner94411812scanner
scanter94215182scanter
scarcer113911372scarcer
tanker104521122tanker
tanner63722282tanner
vanner94215842vanner
wander104423712wander
wanier93920682wanier
wanker134219972wanker
wanner94019622wanner
wanter94423052wanter
wincer115018192wincer
zander163417112zander
zanier154314712zanier

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit825511612.26636430.3
3Display Results1611610.0463500.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911612.67266875.4
 
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