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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 “hellbenders” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
hellbenders175178(None) 
hellbender1652011hellbender_
cullenders1343193cull_enders
spellbinders1751083spellbinders
bellwethers1951434bellwethers
benders104021064____benders
blenders115210994__bl_enders
calenders1237404_cal_enders
challengers1752504chall_engers
cullender1243554cull_ender_
defenders1436364de__fenders
degenders1236084de__genders
descenders1445454de_scenders
emenders11319034_e__menders
engenders1145304_e_ngenders
expenders19145964_e_xpenders
extenders17125674_e_xtenders
fellmongers1752194fellmongers
goaltenders1351804goaltenders
hearkeners1743984hearken_ers
hearteners1346214hearten_ers
heeders114213744he___e_ders
hellbent1345744hellben___t
hellboxes2154294hellb_oxe_s
helldivers1741814hell_divers
hellebores1554124hellebore_s
hellenizes2244914hell_enizes
helleries122611684hell_erie_s
hellers103619834hell____ers
highbinders2151384highbinders
husbanders1652914h_usbanders
lavenders1334754__lavenders
lenders84419644___l_enders
pallbearers1551884pallbearers
relaunders1153104re_launders
repleaders1344034repl_eaders
spellbinder1651204spellbinder_
tailenders1143644tail_enders
weekenders1842264we_ekenders

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819398.03318526.0
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691398.48221067.1
 
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