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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 “rehardened” 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.

36 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
rehardened154394(None) 
prehardened1852411prehardened
hardened1338612__hardened
reharden1276302reharden__
rehardens13104672reharden_s
resharpened1752012resharpened
bedarkened1842223bedarkened
bemaddened1751793bemaddened
deadened1137233de_a_dened
gardened1137003__gardened
hardener1238883__hardener
harkened1637483__harkened
hearkened1744453he_arkened
heartened1347063he_artened
leadened1036153le_a_dened
preharden15104823preharden__
prehardens1673443preharden_s
recarpeted1543703recarpeted
rechartered17153163rechartered
reddened1136423re__ddened
reearned948883reear__ned
refastened1443933refastened
regarded11279803regard__ed
regreened1145553re_greened
rehammered1843083rehammered
rehandled1444763rehand_led
rehardening1644143rehardening
remarketed1753583remarketed
reordered1145383re_ordered
rescreened1344123rescreened
retarded102410753retard__ed
retargeted1243843retargeted
rewakened1743443rewa_kened
rewarded13229523reward__ed
rewidened1444073re_widened
sharpened1544483_sharpened

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 Filter1786911406030.1601116818.8
2DLD Change Limit140603366.03023317.2
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.20628793.3
 
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