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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 “chanceful” 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.

30 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
chanceful194276(None) 
changeful1842591changeful
chancel144011772chance__l
baneful1237893_ban_eful
cageful1356483c_a_geful
cancel105316683c_ance__l
canful11610263c_an__ful
cansful1236833c_an_sful
careful1249113c_a_reful
chance134617093chance___
chanced154113213chance__d
chancels15439083chance_ls
chancer144215633chance__r
chancers154313493chance_rs
chancery18366653chance_ry
chances145218093chance__s
chancrous1644873chancrous
changefully2351913changefully
changeup1642683change_up
channel123910483channe__l
chockful2243013ch_ockful
fanciful1643943_fanciful
graceful1445393gra_ceful
handful14127253_han_dful
handsful1544083_handsful
hasteful14105253_hasteful
hateful13107683_ha_teful
peaceful1545463pea_ceful
shameful1644283sha_meful
thankful1843253than_kful

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641306.17324079.2
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.60927037.5
 
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