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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 “greyhens” 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.

53 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
greyhens154263(None) 
greyhen1443191greyhen_
freshens14298312freshens
greatens9307592greatens
greens75716872gre__ens
greisens954652greisens
greyness1235242greyness
brechans1547413brechans
creches14313093creche_s
freshen133010883freshen_
freshes133515823freshe_s
freshets14298673freshets
germens1078633g_ermens
geysers1135703g_eysers
gorhens1137183g_orhens
grabens10367003gr_abens
grayness1235933grayness
greasers93410253greasers
greases84816713grease_s
greaten83610643greaten_
greaves113311443greave_s
grebes93813613gre_be_s
greeds84314283gre__eds
green65522143gre__en_
greeny104811453gre__eny
grees65132473gre__e_s
greeters92610113greeters
greets75117423gre__ets
greiges937733greige_s
greisen856503greisen_
gremlins1136053gremlins
greyed114610603grey_e_d
greyer104510093grey_e_r
greyest11348343grey_est
greyhound1752003greyhound
greyhounds1851583greyhounds
greying124110893grey_ing
greylags1392313greylags
greys96614853grey___s
groynes1137823groyne_s
gryphons1743963gryphons
peahens12307573_peahens
preens85020113pre__ens
preteens1038123preteens
preyers124412363prey_ers
rechews1537293_rechews
reddens9259783_reddens
rehems113410983_re_hems
reopens939373_reopens
reshes94124363_reshe_s
richens12349733_richens
treens65317873tre__ens
urethans1145243urethans

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162536.75021653.6
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691537.21624763.2
 
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