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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 “zanza” 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.

38 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
zanza137870(None) 
zanzas1487051zanzas
ana39559832_an_a
anga56831362_anga
anna45529012_anna
anoa45634472_anoa
ansa45927772_ansa
anta46839582_anta
baiza164813222baiza
banda85223112banda
banzai1737652banzai
canna75919332canna
fanga96119632fanga
ganja131410002ganja
hamza19139772hamza
hansa85416782hansa
kana85928532kan_a
kanzu1847592kanzu
kwanza2232472kwanza
mana65341962man_a
manga85026212manga
mania75634152mania
manna75522542manna
manta75629912manta
matza16311812matza
nana46632902nan_a
panda85022612panda
panga85323542panga
sanga66023802sanga
stanza1537072stanza
tanga64923712tanga
tanka93817492tanka
tazza1338082tazza
vanda94515922vanda
zamia165115212zamia
zanana153810362zanana
zany167316992zan_y
zona136321962zon_a

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800381.56334421.0
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691381.88994595.6
 
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