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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 “flenses” 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.

36 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
flenses103947(None) 
flense938901flense_
flensed1136611flensed
flenser1036781flenser
flensers1135461flensers
lenses64620891_lenses
avenses1049642avenses
blendes104713682blendes
blesses93812392blesses
censes83721802_censes
cleanses10358142cleanses
feases95422922f_eases
fences114617112f_ences
fesses94820252f_esses
flanes94522422flan_es
flanges113413272flanges
fleches153411442fleches
fledges12409372fledges
fleeces12399642fleeces
flees85828752fle__es
flenches163410532flenches
fleshes133913272fleshes
flexes164512952fle_xes
flosses103411972flosses
ileuses738672ileuses
leases65428112_leases
lenes54738522_len_es
lense54523432_lense_
lensed74015472_lensed
leses54930812_le_ses
menses84222452_menses
offenses1443832offenses
pleases94515482pleases
senses63923942_senses
spenses92913572spenses
tenses64722552_tenses

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671363.17333933.5
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.32953677.1
 
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