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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 “gnax” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

81 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
gnar56021381gnar
gnat56034431gnat
gnaw86515741gnaw
ana39559832ana_
anal48037522anal
anas46649862anas
ax911057782__ax
coax136922982coax
fax138143312_fax
flax147325632flax
gab67155992g_ab
gad57556662g_ad
gae46457702g_ae
gag57753632g_ag
gal46055512g_al
galax135314462galax
gam67060062g_am
gan48060132g_an
gane55145302gane
gang66031982gang
gap67055612g_ap
gar47259902g_ar
gas48870252g_as
gat46880512g_at
gay76856492g_ay
gear55934972gear
ghat86435282ghat
glad65624012glad
glam76529342glam
gnarl65115572gnarl
gnarr64810692gnarr
gnars66718852gnars
gnash9449832gnash
gnats65217712gnats
gnawn9517782gnawn
gnaws96311142gnaws
gnu45522042gn_u
gnus56518002gnus
goa47343802goa_
goad66830982goad
goal55829302goal
goas55239942goas
goat56250832goat
gonad75216052gonad
gox117137182g_ox
grab75427612grab
grad66829862grad
gram77034582gram
gran56335012gran
grat55651282grat
gray85329892gray
guan55325582guan
guar56923292guar
hoax147718292hoax
knap105815412knap
knar85818732knar
lax107651522_lax
max129045452_max
na28652482_na_
nab56954922_nab
nae35952742_nae
nag46450812_nag
nah69847002_nah
nam55953392_nam
nan37854882_nan
nap56753202_nap
naw66346492_naw
nay66952772_nay
nix106932842_nix
onyx1478362onyx
pax127346852_pax
rax108445722_rax
sax107447642_sax
snag55827872snag
snap65727032snap
snaw78923072snaw
tax109449152_tax
unai44824782unai
unau43924152unau
wax137041182_wax
zax197630632_zax

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit29872810.87634100.5
3Display Results81810.0165062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691811.172152466.7
 
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