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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 “lanose” 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
lanose631359(None) 
aldose7311092aldose
anise55129702_anise
anode65021032_anode
anole55330372_anole
arose55832082_arose
canoe75627252cano_e
canoes84725882canoes
fanos85926502fanos_
hanse85722792han_se
lactose969472lactose
lacunose1083792lacunose
laminose1036912laminose
lanate6421262lanate
lance75126722lan_ce
lances84824102lances
lands65426902lands_
lane45153332lan__e
lanes54946792lanes_
langue71012172langue
lapse74917682la_pse
lase46148512la__se
lenos56024862lenos_
lense54523432len_se
linos55631502linos_
llanos6108332llanos_
loose56627682l_oose
lose45144582l__ose
mannose939242mannose
manos74933622manos_
manse75528232man_se
nose46739362__nose
ramose8314402ramose
vadose1037962vadose
vamose1159282vamose
venose9310842venose

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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551362.51632810.4
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691362.62268150.6
 
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