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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 “sapiens” 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.

41 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
sapiens931017(None) 
sapient9415331sapient
sapients1037421sapients
aliens65619212_aliens
aspens85013352asp_ens
happens14359172happens
haptens124511342haptens
lapins84520682lapi_ns
rapiers95012872rapiers
rapines95120862rapines
sabines94318482sabines
sabins85521982sabi_ns
saddens9309602saddens
sains55639972sa_i_ns
salient7419762salient
salients839562salients
salines74029412salines
salpians1036762salpians
samiels939762samiels
samisens1035482samisens
sanies63031952sanie_s
saphena1235862saphena
saphenas1345712saphenas
sapience12106612sapience
sapiences13116422sapiences
sapiency15114492sapiency
sapless93313442sapless
sappers113518902sappers
sarins63932622sari_ns
sarsens7311392sarsens
sasins64923102sasi_ns
sateens73710752sateens
satins64930482sati_ns
savines104417632savines
savins93923132savi_ns
spiels85317952s_piels
spiers84421742s_piers
spies76037622s_pie_s
spines85132032s_pines
spins75327982s_pi_ns
supines94216382supines

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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671416.97015447.8
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691417.12625075.9
 
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