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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 “tapenade” 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.

32 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
tapenade114500(None) 
tapenades1245061tapenades
apanage1036803_apanage
catenae9311373catena_e
catenate10312833catenate
grenade938413_grenade
maenad939413ma_enad_
maenades1137473ma_enades
maenads1037373ma_enads
marinade11259383marinade
pesade9311103__pesade
saphenae1344853saphena_e
serenade9218343serenade
tacnode1045093ta_cnode
taeniae739083ta_eniae
talented938423talented
tannage8209583ta_nnage
tannate71813523ta_nnate
tapeable1238823tapeable
taped85327423tape__d_
tapelike1437493tapelike
tapeline10310363tapeline
tapered102612933tapered_
tapeta8310693tapeta__
tapetal938273tapeta_l
teenage8108053t_eenage
tenace82715693t__enace
thenage11107843t_henage
threnode1255423threnode
typecase1543463typecase
typeface1842423typeface
wapentake1852003wapentake

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162327.29620033.2
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691327.71623158.5
 
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