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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 “ardent” 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.

60 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
ardent7302261(None) 
argent74023661argent
arpent84822091arpent
absent84016992absent
accent105116262accent
addend9458452addend
adept81219642a_dept
advent102613752advent
agent65829642a_gent
ament76036542a_ment
anent54931842a_nent
ardeb8314522arde_b
ardebs937012ardebs
ardency1346482ardency
ardently1247452ardently
arena55323812ar_ena
arene55329412ar_ene
argents84014852argents
aridest8316142aridest
armet76739452arme_t
aroint6328152aroint
aroynt9312892aroynt
arpen74418042arpen_
arpens84814822arpens
arpents93613082arpents
arrant6623252arrant
arrest63722632arrest
arseno6318912arseno
ascent84519652ascent
assent65119952assent
attent62818322attent
audient8312302audient
brent75734132br_ent
cadent94120362cadent
candent10417362candent
credent10313972credent
dent57158412__dent
erodent8313822erodent
gardant9314462gardant
garden84215082garden_
gardens93312092gardens
garment10315232garment
harden105718532harden_
hardens113815022hardens
hardest113118412hardest
indent73021242indent
margent10316692margent
mordent10313992mordent
orient6322532orient
parent83230422par_ent
prudent10310432prudent
rent46661242_r_ent
rident7520192rident
rodent7519242rodent
sarment9318762sarment
trident8314192trident
urgent73816042urgent
varment12313242varment
warden104515512warden_
wardens113711902wardens

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 Limit82551602.54632423.8
3Display Results60600.0331818.2
 (SQL Overall)178691602.92261153.7
 
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