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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 “ablaze” 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.

34 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
ablaze1723983(None) 
ablate82219211ablate
blaze165520831_blaze
abase76023482ab_ase
abate76627842ab_ate
ablated102513442ablated
ablates92416902ablates
ablaut8313262ablaut
able66340532abl__e
abrade9313052abrade
aflame1138722aflame
agaze156113662a_gaze
aglare7312422aglare
alae45643752a_la_e
alane56135612a_lane
alate55340322a_late
amaze166016602a_maze
anlace82513922anlace
anlage72514232anlage
blade85923332_blade
blae66134642_bla_e
blame95625492_blame
blare75826232_blare
blase75524232_blase
blate75933782_blate
blazed184314712_blazed
blazer174414022_blazer
blazes174817352_blazes
braze165423452_braze
emblaze2045772emblaze
glaze155418162_glaze
imblaze2044322imblaze
laze136235052__laze
oblate82214742oblate

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551342.53032628.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691342.87262218.3
 
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