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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 “exchange” 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.

43 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
exchange2112432(None) 
exchanged23113671exchanged
exchanger22123971exchanger
exchanges22124611exchanges
change124116752__change
exchangers23103202exchangers
rechange1458182rechange
archangel1544313archangel
bechance1747743bechance
chance134617093__chance
chang115418563__chang_
changed144214143__changed
changer134215543__changer
changes134517583__changes
changs125215373__changs
charge125114213__charge
eching126315563e_ching_
encage93713503enc_a_ge
enchant12313123enchan_t
enchanted1546553enchanted
enchanter1446193enchanter
enchants1347833enchants
enchase1239463encha_se
enhance1239693e_nhance
escuage1035113escua_ge
estrange9488893estrange
etchant1249823etchan_t
etchants1346023etchants
etching134511843etching_
etchings14396293etchings
ethane94613243e_than_e
exchanging2443093exchanging
exclave1945193excla_ve
exhale1636873ex_ha_le
expanse16145603ex_panse
expunge1743313ex_punge
gearchange1752233gearchange
perchance1866393perchance
rechanged1646853rechanged
rechanges1568183rechanges
recharge1476613recharge
unchanged1636283unchanged
uncharge1446313uncharge

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162436.97020970.2
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691437.40324137.6
 
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