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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 “weaken” 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.

61 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
weaken1334960(None) 
waken124818471w_aken
weakens14367061weakens
weaker134015441weaker
weakon13357621weakon
awaken13468862awaken
beaked135919492beaked
beaker125520692beaker
beaten84617062beaten
betaken13438282betaken
deaden83714322deaden
deafen10389672deafen
eaten55323052_eaten
hearken14338032hearken
heaven123912602heaven
kraken955882kraken
leaden74515222leaden
leaked114217702leaked
leaker104620072leaker
leaven95013072leaven
neaten64214542neaten
oaken95814382_oaken
peahen113410132peahen
peaked136117402peaked
peasen84815962peasen
retaken113911802retaken
rewaken144410272rewaken
seamen84518562seamen
shaken134113612shaken
taken94819142_taken
tweaked1534402tweaked
wake114935702w_ake_
waked135626752w_aked
wakens135012042w_akens
waker125526592w_aker
wakes126633652w_akes
waxen154911812w_axen
weak117126302weak__
weakened1634822weakened
weakener1534912weakener
weakest1439002weakest
weakly1636482weakly
weakons14287802weakons
wean75734352wea__n
weaned103816152weaned
weaner93816772weaner
weapon11288112weapon
wearer94319412wearer
weasel93410522weasel
weason93210822weason
weave115218532weave_
weaved133913482weaved
weaver123916612weaver
weaves123616372weaves
weekend1533392weekend
ween75835462we__en
welkin1337312welkin
wheaten1336412wheaten
woken124614972w_oken
wreaked15369022wreaked
wreaker143610042wreaker

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551612.57632046.2
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691612.93560882.8
 
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