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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 “wessands” 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
wessands124368(None) 
weasands1244561weasands
wessand1144831wessand_
desands94810162de_sands
messans92710462messan_s
weasand1135502weasand_
weazands2143332weazands
wetlands1244762wetlands
bedstands1343503bedstands
demands114311413de_mands
deodands1144603deodands
desand84812633de_sand_
descants112910143descants
descends12266983descends
desmans1039003desman_s
desponds1246243desponds
disbands1237353disbands
elands74914773_e_lands
errands847603_errands
essays965653_essa_ys
expands17195733_expands
fenlands1245183fenlands
gossans836783gossan_s
hessians1145053hessian_s
husbands1444763husbands
islands837323_islands
jessant1438443jessan_t
lessens7409383lessen_s
lessons73811023lesson_s
messages1138233messages
messan83912063messan__
missends11368233missends
newsstands1451733newsstands
passbands1453983passbands
peasants1038263peasants
pissants1097363pissants
relands85214883re_lands
remands104914883re_mands
rescinds1136333rescinds
resends83513713re_sends
resounds956483resounds
responds1136913responds
sands65228583___sands
stands75118053__stands
upstands1144093upstands
versants1137783versants
wands96425483w___ands
washstands1752133washstands
wassails1145953wassails
wealds10459103we__alds
weans85326743we__an_s
weasons102310583weason_s
weazand2043613weazand_
weekends1642733weekends
wends95822813we___nds
westings12429803westings
westwards1643393westwards
wetland1135353wetland_

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162587.17020385.2
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691587.60923484.2
 
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