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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 “thegns” 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.

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
thegns1054743(None) 
thegn95810901thegn_
theins95015421theins
thens85921831the_ns
hens75642572_he_ns
herns84825582_herns
sheens95116992sheens
teens56227482t_eens
teggs74710742t_eggs
tegs56031492t_eg_s
tens45647412t_e_ns
terns55226872t_erns
thebes115914492thebes
thefts12387922thefts
thegnly1442612thegnly
thein85919022thein_
theine94814922theine
theines104013232theines
theirs94610352theirs
themes115319252themes
then78429692the_n_
theres96525472theres
therms115914872therms
theses96517972theses
thesis94913732thesis
thesps11448262thesps
thetas93011572thetas
thews117416192the_ws
thighs1346632thighs
things104914302things
thins85826332th_ins
thongs104611192thongs
thorns95314102thorns
thugs95611992thug_s
treens65317872treens
tweens9489842tweens
wheens124610612wheens
whens114618762whe_ns

Search took 3 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 Limit82551382.37334787.6
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.73265406.7
 
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