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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 “earthman” 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.

55 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
earthman134647(None) 
earthmen1346391earthmen
earthen1039252earth_en
antiman9313883_antiman
archean1269123_archean
artisan759463_artisan
ashman1148383_a_shman
asthma11126563_asthma_
asthmas12117363_asthmas
ataman81013063_a_taman
atman75520143_a_t_man
automan9310883_automan
barchan1469133barch_an
bargeman1345143bargeman
barman103519703bar__man
bartisan1056163bartisan
bartizan1954413bartizan
bathmat14510143ba_thmat
batman105214063ba_t_man
batsman1157993ba_tsman
carman103920743car__man
darshan1167063darsh_an
deathsman1543003dea_thsman
earth85023053earth___
earthborn1443133earthborn
earthed1139923earth_ed
earthier1137443earthier
earthily1445613earthily
earthing12310323earthing
earthling1346193earthling
earthly13387383earth_ly
earthnut1155653earthnut
earthpea1343423earthpea
earthpeas1443383earthpeas
earths95014593earth__s
earthset11410823earthset
earthstar1252303earthstar
earthward1643453earthward
earthy12399943earth__y
gateman1057473ga_teman
marksman1645263marksman
martian93514683mart_ian
meatman1137903mea_t_man
oarsman937733oar_sman
partan83820563part__an
partisan1058423partisan
partizan1955643partizan
raftsman1344163raftsman
ranchman1546043ranchman
tartan64217513tart__an
trashman1345813trashman
watchman1844623watchman
xanthan1736013xanth_an
yachtman1842653yachtman
yardman1335913yar_dman

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162556.75021653.6
3Display Results55550.0331666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691557.20624797.5
 
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