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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 “glance” 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.

50 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
glance9431231(None) 
glace87420161gla_ce
glanced11439231glanced
glancer103710071glancer
glances104113141glances
lance75126721_lance
alane56135612alan_e
balance11510262balance
blanch133410852blanch
chance134617092chance
dance85223132_dance
fiance11310742fiance
flange103411972flange
gane55145302g_an_e
glaces94218032gla_ces
glade75121962gla_de
glaire74411302glaire
glaive10357932glaive
glancers11408002glancers
gland75217712glan_d
glandes95413832glandes
glands85314402glands
glans65125832glan_s
glare65222962gla_re
glaze155418162gla_ze
glunch1255352glunch
grace85124542gra_ce
grange83716202grange
hance105424152_hance
lace66848472_la_ce
lanced93717722_lanced
lancer84319972_lancer
lances84824102_lances
lancet84223572_lancet
lane45153332_lan_e
launce8469182_launce
nance74721842_nance
nuance859042nuance
place94824612pla_ce
plaice10311552plaice
planch133711442planch
planche14299752planche
plane74929142plan_e
prance104318572prance
rance75028512_rance
seance83716692seance
stance84316912stance
trance84718762trance
usance858012usance
valance1269252valance

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 Filter178691825510.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit82551502.81329346.2
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691503.23555236.8
 
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