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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 “sendal” 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.

50 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
sendal7331499(None) 
sandal73317281sandal
sendals81912271sendals
benday123810812benday
benzal1739642benzal
cental84420962cental
dedal75719022de_dal
denial74720512denial
dental74319172dental
feudal1037682feudal
genial74917612genial
medal86221332me_dal
menial84223032menial
mensal84615662mensal
mental84521602mental
pedal86022502pe_dal
penal75228372pen_al
penial84120892penial
renal55929512ren_al
rental63922032rental
sandals82715202sandals
scandal1038672scandal
seal45654372se__al
sedan65620422se_dan
seidel7311082seidel
send55237292send__
sendable111612042sendable
sended85121232sended
sender73824412sender
sends65528242send_s
sendup9106342sendup
senna54617982senna_
sennas64214232sennas
sensa54117472sensa_
sensual738052sensual
sepal77723002se_pal
septal84513382septal
seral56336382se_ral
serdab937832serdab
serial64625862serial
serval93913412serval
setal56430902se_tal
sexual1338422sexual
sundae7312872sundae
sundial859862sundial
synodal1145742synodal
vandal103713832vandal
venal85523212ven_al
venial94218282venial
xenial133414902xenial

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551503.22025637.0
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691503.57649969.5
 
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