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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 “henna” 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.

55 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
henna8441404(None) 
hennas94211801hennas
penna74520201penna
senna54617981senna
anna45529012_anna
benne76521122benne
benni74715362benni
benny105217362benny
canna75919332canna
donna66215032donna
duenna734592duenna
etna46415262_etna
fenny115115132fenny
genoa64315822genoa
genua64614152genua
hansa85416782hansa
hen67555272he_n_
hence104920042hence
henge94819832henge
hennaed1135102hennaed
henry114014472henry
hens75642572he_ns
hent76656382he_nt
hents87330742hents
herma105318882herma
hern76134892hern_
hernia9312292hernia
herns84825582herns
hewn106719852hewn_
hinny115616672hinny
honan85319772honan
honda9414982honda
hyena11810252hyena
jenny153811622jenny
manna75522542manna
mensa75318672mensa
menta74424422menta
pennae84314032pennae
penne75423852penne
penni74617902penni
pennia84412972pennia
penny105119452penny
pinna75320182pinna
regna64614812regna
sennas64214232sennas
sensa54117472sensa
sienna647192sienna
sunna55016062sunna
tenia55324482tenia
veena81912322veena
vena76126292ve_na
wenny114412462wenny
xenia124814772xenia
yenta83917042yenta
zenana15297982zenana

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800551.68631909.8
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691552.01588680.4
 
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