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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 “lament” 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.

71 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
lament8502494(None) 
ament76036541_ament
lambent113711301lambent
laments94314851laments
lamest84722761lamest
latent64124301latent
loment84021471loment
agent65829642_agent
aliment9316702aliment
amen66733152_amen_
amend85717752_amend
amens75624842_amens
aments85219802_aments
anent54931842_anent
cadent94120362cadent
cement103321672cement
clamant11312432clamant
clement11313772clement
dement93825152dement
element9317802element
filament13410032filament
flamen115215992flamen_
flamens124611062flamens
foment113718302foment
gamest94919932gamest
garment10315232garment
laden65022192laden_
ladens74516232ladens
lagend838742lagend
lambert113617112lambert
lame66849292lame__
lamed85235292lame_d
lamedh12476362lamedh
lameds94812032lameds
lamely114013222lamely
lamented1138192lamented
lamenter1038862lamenter
lamer75233702lame_r
lames75445542lame_s
lamina84920442lamina
laming94528362laming
laten54328342laten_
latens64620212latens
latents75214312latents
latest63822702latest
lawmen11308592lawmen_
laxest134913362laxest
laymen113010842laymen_
lent46360532l__ent
ligament1149312ligament
limen75426032limen_
limens84618032limens
lomenta92710132lomenta
loments93413472loments
lucent8313822lucent
lumen75220902lumen_
lumens85013972lumens
moment103319682moment
parent83230422parent
patent84524922patent
payment14310702payment
raiment9315412raiment
ramen75625192ramen_
ramenta9311182ramenta
ramet75743142rame_t
sarment9318762sarment
talent6323322talent
tamest85721292tamest
varment12313242varment
yamen104115182yamen_
yamens114010822yamens

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551712.59331836.1
3Display Results71710.0164437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691712.95260532.2
 
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