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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 “mesalliance” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
mesalliance155195(None) 
mesalliances1651821mesalliances
misalliance1552391misalliance
misalliances1652322misalliances
alliance1097263___alliance
dalliance1244203__dalliance
metalline1158733metalli_n_e
alliances11107094___alliances
brilliance1452234_brilliance
dalliances1344264__dalliances
desalinate1146674desa_linate
disallowance1861384disallowance
ebullience1452624_ebullience
medallic1345114medalli__c_
medalling1346924medalli_n_g
medallion1244074medallion__
medallions1343264medallion_s
mescaline1348944mescali_n_e
messaline1146874messali_n_e
metallic1247644metalli__c_
metallics1346134metalli__cs
metallike1555894metalli__ke
metalling1249594metalli_n_g
metallize2067154metalli__ze
misbalance1653354misbal_ance
rebalance1345764reba_l_ance
reliance10310474re___liance
resilience1265624res_ilience
salience10117904__sa_lience
valiance1397384__va_liance

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148819308.92316678.1
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691309.34519121.6
 
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