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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 “amebas” 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.

35 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
amebas1031145(None) 
ameba9312381ameba_
amebae1049631amebae
ameban1039091ameban
amoebas1135961amoebas
abas68642082a__bas
abbas95918642a_bbas
akelas10311192akelas
albas75925392a_lbas
amas67746292am__as
ambers104519582ambers
ambos95321252am_bos
amebean1144852amebean
amebic1239112amebic
ameers84015572ameers
amends94713282amends
amens75624842ame_ns
aments85219802aments
amias75831472am_ias
amigas95912172amigas
amoeba1035602amoeba_
amoebae1145532amoebae
amoeban1144912amoeban
anabas8314082anabas
areas55935772are_as
arecas84817442arecas
arenas65021992arenas
arepas85515702arepas
cameras11313362cameras
gambas115817512gam_bas
mambas125716242mambas
mesas76823202_mesas
omegas936972omegas
sambas104219262sam_bas
zarebas1836302zarebas

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551352.67030918.0
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691352.79663909.5
 
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