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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 “chessmen” 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.

54 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
chessmen154446(None) 
chessman1544821chessman
chesses124112632chess_es
messmen1137392_messmen
pressmen1238832pressmen
cerumen1147763c_erumen
cessed94615613c_ess_ed
cesses84221363c_ess_es
cession939813c_ession
chainmen15105263chainmen
chairmen15105473chairmen
chapmen1637283ch_apmen
chasmed154710173ch_asmed
chasse115114603chass_e_
chassed134712133chass_ed
chasses124017503chass_es
chasten124312403ch_asten
cheapen14407623che_apen
cheese113812763chees_e_
cheesed133910683chees_ed
cheeses123613103chees_es
cheesier1335963cheesier
chess105016923chess___
chested133811673che_sted
chestier1387423chestier
choremen1597603choremen
chosen116014133ch_os_en
chrismon1544643chrismon
christen13106703christen
clansmen1245723clansmen
corpsmen1445623corpsmen
cragsmen1344763cragsmen
cresses94219813cress_es
cresset93319943cress_et
crewmen1436383cre_wmen
deskmen1435023_deskmen
freshmen1656023freshmen
glassmen1145393glassmen
headmen13259513_headmen
headsmen1465983_headsmen
hegumen1355463_hegumen
helmsmen1552843_helmsmen
herdmen13238453_herdmen
herdsmen1464833_herdsmen
hessian1035853_hessian
lensmen937883_lensmen
lessen64212433_less_en
messman1137283_messman
newsmen1235893_newsmen
pressman1247153pressman
seedsmen1144303seedsmen
sheepmen1544643sheepmen
wheelmen1643313wheelmen
wheelsmen1742083wheelsmen

Search took 9 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 Limit146162547.86018595.7
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691548.29921531.6
 
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