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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 “issuance” 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.

36 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
issuance104521(None) 
issuances1144641issuances
assurance1145282assurance
instance1049872instance
insurance1147442insurance
issuable1046872issuable
issuant748262issuan_t
askance1345923_askance
assonance1144443assonance
assuage835683assua_ge
assurances1244693assurances
dissonance1354413dissonance
dissuade1065933dissua_de
distance11311853distance
essence947673ess_ence
insane6314883ins_an_e
instanced1245693instanced
instances1148743instances
instancy1346563instancy
insurances1246853insurances
issuably1344963issuably
issue559213issu___e
issuing836053issuin_g
iterance1049513iterance
mischance1846183mischance
misspace1446523misspa_ce
naissance1143443naiss_ance
nuance859043__nuance
piquance2144213piquance
puissance1343783puiss_ance
pursuance1344093pursuance
seance83716683__seance
sonance9310313_sonance
stance84316913__stance
usance858013_us_ance
usaunce9103383usau_nce

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162366.34323043.0
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691366.51227440.3
 
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