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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 “dankest” 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.

29 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
dankest12261167(None) 
darkest122512621darkest
lankest112714111lankest
rankest112713811rankest
blankest14439062blankest
crankest1438142crankest
daftest11248942daftest
damndest1276002damndest
dampest12411042dampest
dances95120652dances_
dandiest103415032dandiest
danker114319662danke_r
dankness13256692dankness
darndest1067222darndest
densest83112472densest
dinkiest133812872dinkiest
drunkest1334422drunkest
dunnest83312262dunnest
frankest1536962frankest
lankiest122912492lankiest
pinkest132812622pinkest
punkest132611692punkest
sanest64426692san_est
swankest15105932swankest
tannest72617852tannest
wackest164710862wackest
waniest103819112waniest
wannest103915002wannest
zaniest163214772zaniest

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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit107671292.90637051.3
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691293.02958993.4
 
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