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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 “mangroves” 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.

33 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
mangroves157429(None) 
mangrove1474401mangrove_
mangoes104316132mang_o_es
manropes1237912man_ropes
margraves1544832margraves
approves15126833_approves
engraves1237233_engraves
gangrenes1145063gangrenes
groves104318103___groves
hangover15134433hang_over
hangovers16144163hang_overs
landgraves1542673landgraves
langrages11105903langrages
madrones112912283ma_drones
mandrakes1646353mandrakes
mangabies1446373mangabies
manges94628943mang___es
mangles104021463mang__les
mangolds1235193mang_olds
mangonel1185763mang_onel
mangonels1294373mang_onels
mangos94319333mang_o__s
manholes13311183man_holes
mannoses1039083man_noses
manrope1138033man_rope_
manures9313353manur__es
margrave1444793margrave_
mongoes103415713mong_o_es
mongooses1285603mongooses
mungoes103510463mung_o_es
mungooses1283153mungooses
ringdoves1442863ringdoves
ungloves1245293_ungloves

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641337.23320550.4
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.68523251.9
 
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