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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 “cayman” 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.

46 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
cayman13361321(None) 
bayman133712701bayman
cabman123812501cabman
caiman103615661caiman
carman103920741carman
caymans14349511caymans
layman113511301layman
adman84517902_adman
atman75520142_atman
axman144813182_axman
badman113813842badman
bagman114613812bagman
barman103519702barman
batman105214062batman
baymen134212002baymen
cabmen123610652cabmen
caftan111710122caftan
caimans113811782caimans
callan83619602callan
camas96333522ca_mas
cancan10314102cancan
captan101613342captan
carmen104019342carmen
caveman1437072caveman
chapman1637892chapman
claypan1434312claypan
cowman13910372cowman
cyan96419622c_y_an
cyma116715842c_yma_
cymae126713012c_ymae
cymar125711262c_ymar
cymas126417882c_ymas
daman84821162da_man
daysman1335052daysman
drayman1335432drayman
flyman14326422flyman
gagman103811242gagman
gasman92911742gasman
lawman11289052lawman
laymen113010842laymen
madman113712382madman
mayan105616902may_an
ragman94013712ragman
skyman1535312skyman
taxman15328612taxman
vanman1139792vanman

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551462.20337472.1
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691462.56269746.7
 
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