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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 “pedantries” 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.

34 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
pedantries134568(None) 
pantries101817392p__antries
peasantries1353412peasantries
tenantries1045672tenantries
beaneries11310903be_aneries
chantries14310293_chantries
deaneries10310833de_aneries
entries71523163_e__ntries
errantries1044943errantries
gantries91413783__gantries
gentries91315263ge__ntries
infantries1344693infantries
pageantries1452983pageantries
panfries13149203p__anfries
panties94230933p__ant_ies
pastries101517423p__astries
pedagogies1542923pedagogies
pedantic1346583pedant_i_c
pedantry1444053pedantr__y
pedants10310113pedant___s
peddleries14104073peddleries
pediatrics1544193pediatrics
pedlaries12108783ped_laries
pedleries1298783ped_leries
peltries10313023pe__ltries
penalties11139513penalt_ies
penuries10311663pe__nuries
phratries1447583phra_tries
pleasantries1451783pleasantries
podiatries1345853podiatries
psaltries1185743p_saltries
reentries9311763re_entries
sentries81318053se__ntries
truantries1044023truantries

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603346.30022317.9
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691346.73326539.6
 
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