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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 “prelunch” 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.

38 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
prelunch154343(None) 
prelaunch1642151prelaunch
prepunch1743641prepunch
relaunch1352802_relaunch
brunch13329353br__unch
craunch1464443cr_aunch
crunch13349503cr__unch
drench12369593dre__nch
french143511213fre__nch
glunch1255353__glunch
lunch104917243___lunch
paunch13369853p__aunch
planch133711443p__lanch
plench134010813p__lench
preach133613923pre__ach
precinct1459423precinct
prefund1335733prefun_d
prefunds1454693prefunds
prelacy1437583prel_acy
prelaunched1951923prelaunched
prelaunches1852233prelaunches
prelect111013833prel_ect
prelude1038013prelu_de
preluded1236473preluded
preluder1135733preluder
preludes1137833preludes
preluncheon185883preluncheon
premune1138933premun_e
prepuce1337833prepu_ce
prepunched2073113prepunched
prepunches1954013prepunches
presence122213513presence
pretence122312123pretence
punch125118423p___unch
raunch11358433_r_aunch
reluct83916113_relu_ct
trench114211613tre__nch
wrench14439353wre__nch

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162387.29620033.2
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.71523161.5
 
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