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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 “evades” 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.

49 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
evades103902(None) 
evade938181evade_
evaded1137061evaded
evader1036811evader
evaders1136931evaders
blades95221252blades
cades85440732_cades
clades94920462clades
decades113615512decades
eases56041612e_ases
eaves85231992e_aves
egads74610922egad_s
elates65032362elates
elides74420692elides
eludes75417682eludes
emydes1236172emydes
enates64026422enates
epodes94315562epodes
erases64425402erases
erodes74819882erodes
etapes85415292etapes
etudes73811602etudes
eves76230462ev__es
evites94916472evites
evokes13459682evokes
exudes143710362exudes
eyases94513682eyases
fades94932862_fades
glades84820342glades
grades84926312grades
hades96035112_hades
hexades18378702hexades
invades11118292invades
irades74517392irades
jades135222112_jades
kvases13467102kvases
lades65141272_lades
pervades1437352pervades
pesades10310902pesades
sades65239892_sades
shades105924532shades
spades94222582spades
stades74626242stades
trades75724502trades
tsades74310992tsades
vales85434262_vales
vanes85130972_vanes
vases84626262_vases
wades95634142_wades

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 Filter178691825510.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit82551492.33035429.6
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691492.46972373.8
 
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