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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 “franchise” 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.

45 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
franchise174600(None) 
franchised1943961franchised
franchisee1854451franchisee
franchiser1843621franchiser
franchises1855631franchises
branchiae16186312branchiae
enfranchise1952262enfranchise
franchisees1953072franchisees
franchisers1952812franchisers
franchisor1852612franchisor
francize2246852franc_ize
branches153613803branches_
branchia15217713branchi_a
branchial16215963branchial
branchier1637133branchier
branchiest1746713branchiest
branching17289263branching
branchline1744123branchline
cranches153114543cranches_
cranching17278733cranching
disfranchise2162233disfranchise
enfranchised2161913enfranchised
enfranchises2052273enfranchises
fancies124018783f_anc_ies
fanwise1336633f_an_wise
fraise94214913fra___ise
framboise1642733framboise
franchising2053843franchising
franchisors1952373franchisors
francium1545623franc_ium
francized2445583franc_ized
francizes2346793franc_izes
francs114112193franc__s_
frenches163311633frenches_
frenchify2342583frenchify
frenching18267753frenching
practise12310143pra_ctise
rachis114017653_ra_chis_
rachises131412413_ra_chises
ranches123620113_ranches_
ranching141712043_ranching
ranchlike1844083_ranchlike
ranchos123911393_ranchos_
tranche123312223tranch__e
tranches132915513tranches_

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641456.98621277.0
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.41924085.6
 
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