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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 “shamisens” 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.

44 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
shamisens144260(None) 
samisens1035481s_amisens
shamisen1344271shamisen_
chamises153513312chamise_s
samisen937672s_amisen_
shamuses1336152shamuse_s
camises114218463_camise_s
chaises124317493cha_ise_s
chamisas15317813chamis_as
chamise143612853chamise__
chamisos15307423chamis_os
chamoises16327933chamoise_s
chemises153211983chemise_s
hausens1077633_ha_usens
khamseens1841193khamseens
khamsins1743393kham_sins
pharisees1444633pharisees
samiels939763s_ami_els
samites93118713s_amite_s
sapiens9310173s_api_ens
sarsens7311393s_a_rsens
seaminess11310473seaminess
semises93916553s_emise_s
shadiness1337463shadiness
shagreens1342633shagreens
shairns10276783sha_i_rns
shaitans1136413sha_itans
shakiness1637083shakiness
shamans123610903sham__ans
shambles15159043shamble_s
shameless1435923shameless
shames114726223sham__e_s
shaming133016743shami__ng
shammers153710843sham_mers
shammes144312833sham_me_s
shammies15259683shammie_s
sharpens13377813sha_rpens
shavies134213203shavi_e_s
siameses1036403siamese_s
stamens93411483stam__ens
surmisers1145203surmisers
surmises10310643surmise_s
swamies123712063swami_e_s
tamises92715973_tamise_s

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641446.55022693.3
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691446.98325589.4
 
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