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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 “prance” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

66 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
prance10431857(None) 
pranced123714041pranced
prancer113613381prancer
prances113618771prances
prince104114761prince
rance75028511_rance
trance84718761trance
brace95629272bra_ce
branch134014772branch
chance134617092chance
cranch133613532cranch
crane75331602cran_e
dance85223132_dance
durance1059112durance
fiance11310742fiance
franc104615412franc_
francs114112192francs
glance94312312glance
grace85124542gra_ce
grange83716202grange
hance105424152_hance
lance75126722_lance
nance74721842_nance
nuance859042nuance
orange74016322orange
pace86345772p_a_ce
pane64950292p_an_e
panne76623652p_anne
parlance1248722parlance
peace95026082pea_ce
penance11313442penance
pence94924452p_ence
place94824612pla_ce
plaice10311552plaice
planch133711442planch
planche14299752planche
plane74929142plan_e
ponce95222512p_once
portance12310112portance
pounce105214092pounce
praise84419412praise
prancers123210332prancers
prang84820322pran_g
pranged114512552pranged
prangs94816232prangs
prank115019452pran_k
pranked143712092pranked
pranks124814722pranks
prase76128752pra_se
prate75135982pra_te
price93725412pr_ice
princes113015142princes
prone75332622pron_e
prune75119632prun_e
race66746262_ra_ce
rances84625442_rances
ranch105019792_ranch
ranee55438102_ranee
range64728412_range
seance83716682seance
stance84316912stance
trace75829612tra_ce
tranced104414172tranced
trances93919642trances
tranche123312222tranche
usance858012usance

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551662.32635490.5
3Display Results66660.0164125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691662.68566551.6
 
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