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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 “blandisher” 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.

30 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
blandisher164346(None) 
blandished1743331blandished
blandishers1743001blandishers
blandishes1644611blandishes
banisher13169182b_an_isher
blandish1497002blandish__
brandished1744002brandished
brandishes1645892brandishes
planisher1495852plan_isher
banished14189063b_an_ished
banishers14258053b_an_ishers
banishes131812463b_an_ishes
banister10199973b_an_ister
bannister1155373b_annister
blancher15338633blan__cher
blander103715163bland___er
blandishing1852903blandishing
blandishment2092983blandishment
blemisher1663653bl_emisher
blindfishes2052583blindfishes
blondish1476173blondish__
brandish1469023brandish__
burnisher1444823burn_isher
languisher1443073_languisher
lavisher1445083_la_visher
planished1566123plan_ished
planishers1584773plan_ishers
planishes14138523plan_ishes
standishes1445713standishes
vanisher14167453_van_isher

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit140603306.32622226.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.73526531.7
 
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