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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 “marzipan” 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.

31 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
marzipan214269(None) 
marzipans2242641marzipans
martian93514682marti_an
artisan759463_artisan
barbican1445343barbican
bartisan1056163bartisan
bartizan1954413bartizan
cardigan1245623cardigan
hardpan1336443har_dpan
harijan1735783har_ijan
harridan12145123harridan
larrigan944213larrigan
magian9312833ma_gi_an
marchpane1843693marchpane
margin94016853margi__n
marginal1137613marginal
maria75032883mar_i_a_
marina84623413mar_ina_
marinas93519393mar_inas
marital92314183mar_ital
marksman1645263marksman
marlin84220903marli__n
martial92415413marti_al
martians103111613marti_ans
martin84122523marti__n
parian83223963par_i_an
partisan1058423partisan
partizan1955643partizan
taipan82410663ta__ipan
tarpan82814293tar__pan
tarzan152910753tarz__an

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162316.97020970.2
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.40624127.9
 
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