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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 “philander” 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.

42 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
philander154406(None) 
philanders1644271philanders
bilander1136672_bilander
phalanger1554112phalanger
philandered1852242philandered
philanderer1752092philanderer
auslander1043883auslander
bilanders1235963_bilanders
blander103715163__blander
chicaner1586073chican_er
colander1139033_colander
hander104526433_h__ander
highlander1852563_highlander
hinder104120063_hi__nder
inlander937223_inlander
islander946103_islander
lander74028483___lander
lowlander1342993lowlander
mainlander1352973mainlander
outlander1045733outlander
pander93725523p___ander
phalange1465193phalange_
phalangers1673763phalangers
phalanges1565363phalanges
phalanxes2153913phalanxes
philabeg1642313phila_beg
philanderers1851673philanderers
philandering1962573philandering
philter12108213phil__ter
pilaster1038163p_ilaster
pilsner935343p_ilsn_er
pinder94523453p_i__nder
planer84122653p__lan_er
planner93511623p__lanner
planter94017803p__lanter
plunder103810503p__lunder
pomander1347083p_omander
slander84015443__slander
solander948123_solander
tailender1044073tailender
uitlander1042963uitlander
uplander1145533_uplander

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641426.93621430.4
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.37224239.1
 
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