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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 “menswear” 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.

38 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
menswear135218(None) 
unswear1035002_unswear
answer936893_answe_r
besmear1134833be_smear
censer84516583cens_e_r
denser74115193dens_e_r
endear74110013_en_dear
eyewear1342623_eyewear
forswear1443293forswear
meister93114163meiste_r
menacer112610883menace_r
mender93520793men_de_r
mensa75318673mens__a_
mensae84114053mens__ae
mensal84615663mens__al
mensas85115863mens__as
mense75025633mens_e__
mensed93916543mens_e_d
menses84222453mens_e_s
menshen1236813menshe_n
menshes12310453menshe_s
mensural1046233mensural
messier93412923messie_r
minster93914323minste_r
mishear1238393m_ishear
monsieur1043313monsieur
monster93214603monste_r
monstera10318883monstera
muenster1043313muenste_r
munster93710523munste_r
neckwear1741393neckwear
outswear1144793outswear
penster92811953penste_r
renewer10248693renewe_r
rewear93012003re__wear
swear85316853___swear
tenser64919433tens_e_r
unswears1144023_unswears

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162386.92321112.5
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.38924183.4
 
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