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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 “hammerless” 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
hammerless174237(None) 
hammerers16216562hammer_ers
angerless1045023_angerless
armorless1143483_armorless
fameless13259203fa_me_less
fatherless1644213fatherless
hairless1157413ha__irless
hammered16218853hammer_e_d
hammerer15278143hammer_e_r
hammerhead2152193hammerhead
hammerheads2251743hammerheads
hammerkops2351023hammerkops
hammerlock2351333hammerlock
hammerlocks2451353hammerlocks
hammers144216063hammer___s
hammertoes1752423hammertoes
hamminess1635713hamm_iness
hamperers16287533hamper_ers
harborless1542663harborless
harmless1337403harm__less
homeless131110143h_ome_less
humorless1442963h_umorless
mannerless1243523mannerless
nameless10248373na_me_less
numberless1442403numberless
paperless1345833pa_perless
shameless1435923sha_me_less
tameless10259903ta_me_less
waterless1238013wa_terless
yammerers16214453yammer_ers

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603305.65624859.1
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.09229332.1
 
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