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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 “secants” 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.

43 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
secants9341389(None) 
decants103514441decants
recants93217091recants
scants85219721s_cants
secant84023291secant_
bezants1877342bezants
cants77036942__cants
cosecants1346532cosecants
decanes103118912decanes
decant93524222decant_
descants112910142descants
exsecants1893402exsecants
gelants82611442gelants
incants92012802incants
levants1037722levants
pecans101515832pecan_s
pedants10310112pedants
recanes93222262recanes
recant83228682recant_
recasts93413532recasts
savants1038652savants
scans74625102s_can_s
scant79735072s_cant_
scanty114014662s_canty
scarts85321492s_carts
scats75930602s_ca_ts
scatts85914662s_catts
scents85317022s_cents
sealants82610742sealants
seats54844342se_a_ts
seawants11337972seawants
secantly1345982secantly
seconds1038282seconds
secrets9311772secrets
sects75622892sec__ts
sedans74816092sedan_s
sejant133114482sejant_
servants1138002servants
sewans95215902sewan_s
sextants15287382sextants
slants64819082s_lants
sonants7511232sonants
tenants7311012tenants

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671433.54630364.1
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691433.96545067.1
 
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