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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 “lances” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

159 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
lances8482410(None) 
dances95120651dances
glances104113141glances
hances115621281hances
laces76141761la_ces
lance75126721lance_
lanced93717721lanced
lancer84319971lancer
lancers93616641lancers
lancet84223571lancet
lancets93411161lancets
lanes54946791lan_es
launces9329001launces
nances83618641nances
rances84625441rances
aces67645092_a_ces
acnes75922622_acnes
anes45255932_an_es
antes56334322_antes
balances1279972balances
bancos104713892bancos
banes74945582ban_es
blanches153311602blanches
calces104420052calces
cancel105316682cancel
cancels114113312cancels
cancer104220922cancer
cancers114018582cancers
canes75350372can_es
canoes84725882canoes
chances145218092chances
daces85030682da_ces
dance85223132dance_
danced105315252danced
dancer94817612dancer
dancers103413092dancers
dunces95215752dunces
faces106439432fa_ces
faeces114713122faeces
falces115216002falces
fancies124018782fancies
fanes84639892fan_es
farces115223322farces
fasces114914542fasces
fauces114916152fauces
fences114617112fences
fiances12310672fiances
flanes94522422flan_es
flanges113413272flanges
glaces94218022gla_ces
glance94312312glance_
glanced11439232glanced
glancer103710072glancer
glancers11408002glancers
glandes95413832glandes
hance105424152hance_
hanses95022632hanses
janes124928122jan_es
jaunces16307422jaunces
kanes95529372kan_es
lace66848472la_ce_
laced87132642la_ced
lacer75833752la_cer
lacers85225252la_cers
lacey105820912la_cey
laches116528342laches
lacks116129202la_cks
lacs66942482la_c_s
lades65141272la_des
ladies75124882ladies
ladles74619542ladles
laichs115110892laichs
laics76419252laic_s
lakes95737652la_kes
lames75445542la_mes
lanais6316792lanais
lanciers10308542lanciers
landed84619242landed
lander74028482lander
landers84026212landers
lands65426902lan_ds
lane45153332lan_e_
langues81211912langues
lanker104123002lanker
lankest112714112lankest
lanner64920602lanner
lanners73618332lanners
lanose6313592lanose
lapses85217692lapses
larches124416442larches
larees65323112larees
lares54852632la_res
larges74824232larges
lases54944762la_ses
lashes94831002lashes
lasses64827592lasses
latches123320122latches
lathes95127492lathes
latices9313762latices
latkes104715872latkes
lattes65324202lattes
launce8469182launce_
launches1387902launches
laves86039152la_ves
laxes125430092la_xes
lazes145129572la_zes
lazies154418782lazies
lenes54738522len_es
lenses64620892lenses
lianes63819322lian_es
lines57054572lin_es
longes75925572longes
luces75528432l_uces
lunches124115442lunches
lunes55337772lun_es
lunges76123422lunges
lunies64723012lunies
lynches15378872lynches
lynxes1634322lynxes
maces97139962ma_ces
manches143818622manches
manes76648962man_es
manges94628942manges
manses84225512manses
mantes84430782mantes
minces104420802minces
nance74721842nance_
nancies93516842nancies
nonces84418832nonces
nuances938522nuances
ounces83617772ounces
paces96741112pa_ces
panes76148692pan_es
pannes85522852pannes
places104323702pla_ces
plaices11411142plaices
planches153111862planches
planes85028082plan_es
ponces104720842ponces
prances113618772prances
races74943242ra_ces
rance75028512rance_
ranches123620112ranches
ranees64623962ranees
ranges73826922ranges
saices84221802saices
sanes55649072san_es
sanies63031952sanies
sauces84919502sauces
seances93015342seances
stances93715962stances
taces76237802ta_ces
trances93919642trances
usances967372usances
valances1398762valances
vanes85130972van_es
wanes85040882wan_es
winces114819112winces
zanies153219672zanies

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit825511592.61031628.7
3Display Results1591590.0463456.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911592.76664602.7
 
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