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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 “sarsens” 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.

50 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
sarsens731139(None) 
sarsen6314231sarsen_
arpens84814822_arpens
arseno6318912_arseno
arses55733872_arse_s
arsons63917212_arsons
barrens94414322barrens
careens94514702careens
carses85233652carse_s
coarsens10348122coarsens
darkens12409872darkens
gardens93312092gardens
hardens113815022hardens
harkens144112862harkens
harshens1437602harshens
hausens1077632hausens
hoarsens11306022hoarsens
marses84827112marse_s
martens93714952martens
parsecs11429922parsecs
parsers94118152parsers
parses85534702parse_s
parsons93516872parsons
saddens9309602saddens
samisens1035482samisens
sanseis73011602sanseis
sapiens9310172sapiens
sarans64224432sar_ans
sarees65329942sar_ees
sarges75128592sarge_s
sarins63932622sar_ins
sarment9318762sarment
sarments10311962sarments
saroses73619332sarose_s
sarsars73512142sarsars
sarsenet8412942sarsenet
sarsenets946512sarsenets
sarsnet7314812sarsnet
sarsnets836782sarsnets
sasins64923102sa_sins
sasses64124392sasse_s
sateens73710752sateens
screens95212182screens
sharpens13377812sharpens
sirens65318152sir_ens
smartens10286662smartens
syrens94911992syr_ens
wardens113711902wardens
warrens103810892warrens
worsens104610262worsens

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671503.14034290.1
3Display Results50500.0331515.2
 (SQL Overall)178691503.56350151.8
 
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