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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 “hosanna” 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.

37 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
hosanna104406(None) 
hosannah1441861hosannah
hosannas1143611hosannas
goanna736652go_anna
hosannaed1391502hosannaed
hosannahs1551322hosannahs
anna45529013___anna
asana5315483_asa_na
bonanza1843843bonanza
canna75919333__canna
choana1138443cho_a_na
donna66215033do__nna
goannas836223go_annas
hansa85416783h__ansa
henna84414043h__enna
hogan97817703hoga_n_
hogans105914313hoga_ns
honan85319773hona_n_
honans94814503hona_ns
honda9414983ho__nda
hosannaing1451513hosannaing
hosen85623883hos_en_
hosing103421103hos_ing
hosta85917833hos__ta
hosting114318383hosting
hyaena1235363h_yaena
lasagna843543lasagna
logania847833logania
manna75522543__manna
posada937163posa_da
rosacea944713rosacea
rosaria749253rosaria
sanga66023803__sanga
sauna54117553__sauna
savanna1043713savanna
senna54617983__senna
sunna55016063__sunna

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 Filter1786911340270.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit134027376.46620728.0
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.87525991.4
 
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