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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 “vegans” 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.

45 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
vegans10391085(None) 
vegan95114151vegan_
beans75734692be_ans
began86319572began_
begins94415302begins
bogans95714812bogans
deans66131392de_ans
dedans85915072dedans
degas75119162dega_s
dewans105215142dewans
egads74610922_egads
elans55527752_elans
hogans105914312hogans
jeans126022112je_ans
lagans75717782lagans
leans55536252le_ans
legals73412732legals
lemans85316392lemans
ligans76817732ligans
logans76319062logans
means75831232me_ans
megass9219442megass
organs7912912organs
pagans95717922pagans
peans75437642pe_ans
pecans101515832pecans
pekans121710552pekans
redans75421022redans
regains84316582regains
remans84823002remans
sedans74816092sedans
sewans95215902sewans
vans76236732v__ans
veals84926192ve_als
veenas91410412veenas
veganism1446442veganism
veges94118872veg_es
vegies104314272vegies
veins84620492ve_ins
velars93913722velars
venins93816702venins
vigas94817882viga_s
weans85326742we_ans
wigans104511702wigans
yeans86624882ye_ans

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551452.28036206.6
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.62668046.8
 
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