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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 “philanders” 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.

42 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
philanders164427(None) 
philander1544061philander_
bilanders1235962_bilanders
phalangers1673762phalangers
philandered1852242philandered
philanderer1752092philanderer
philanderers1851672philanderers
auslanders1143363auslanders
bilander1136673_bilander_
chicaners1685363chican_ers
colanders1238013_colanders
glanders103811503__glanders
handers114224333_h__anders
highlanders1952023_highlanders
hinders113718503_hi__nders
inlanders1036143_inlanders
islanders1035283_islanders
landers84026213___landers
lowlanders1442693lowlanders
mainlanders1462503mainlanders
malanders1237023_malanders
outlanders1144273outlanders
panders103423733p___anders
phalanger1554113phalanger_
phalanges1565363phalange_s
phalanxes2153913phalanxe_s
philabegs1741923phila_begs
philandering1962573philandering
philters1398173phil__ters
pilasters1138223p_ilasters
pilsners1035533p_ilsn_ers
pinders103720473p_i__nders
planers94517943p__lan_ers
planners10399933p__lanners
planters102915323p__lanters
plunders11329833p__lunders
pomanders1436223p_omanders
slanders94014013__slanders
solanders1036963_solanders
tailenders1143643tailenders
uitlanders1142833uitlanders
uplanders1234853_uplanders

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603426.12622951.8
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691426.54527301.9
 
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