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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 “urethans” 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.

58 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
urethans114524(None) 
urethan1045471urethan_
urethane1145431urethane
urethanes1245161urethanes
brechans1547412brechans
urethras1174612urethras
berthas12398763bertha_s
bethank1666273_bethank
bethanks1765313_bethanks
brechams1745773brechams
brechan1437223brechan_
burthens1335383bur_thens
cretins93216423cret_ins
ethane94613243__ethane
ethanes103713513__ethanes
freehand1574993freehand
freshens14298313freshens
fretsaws1442763fretsaws
greyhens1542633greyhens
hetmans12187593_hetmans
lethals1038113_lethals
methane123211793_methane
methanes133812163_methanes
orphans1237773or_phans
pechans14810503_pechans
preplans1249613preplans
preteens1038123preteens
pretrains11410143pretrains
proteans102811543proteans
puritans1037633purit_ans
ratans63819373_rat_ans
rattans73411953_rattans
redans75421023_re_dans
rehabs1139023_re_habs
rehang1039823_re_hang
rehangs1137563_re_hangs
reloans7313133_reloans
remans84823003_re_mans
replans92814943_replans
retags73414303_ret_ags
retains74522253_retains
reteams9339563_reteams
retears72814923_retears
rethink1488883_rethink
rethinks1576033_rethinks
retinas74819353_retinas
retrains8314533_retrains
returns79712593_returns
tertians839103tertians
trepans92311593tre_pans
urchins1238863ur_chins
ureas55826013ure__a_s
uremias9249503uremia_s
ureters7311823uret_ers
urethra1064153ureth_ra
urethrae1174283urethrae
urethral1154633urethral
xanthans1845693xanthans

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162587.92318447.8
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691588.09522074.2
 
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