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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 “advanced” 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.

48 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
advanced154331(None) 
advance1346041advance_
advancer1443481advancer
advances1445611advances
advancers1542982advancers
danced105315252_d_anced
adamance1345543adamance_
adamances1445033adamances
adapted1135843ad_apted
adduced1274353ad_duced
adorned9256893adorn_ed
advancing1643063advancing
advantaged1651523advantaged
advected1534533advected
adverted1336103adverted
advice12107883adv_ice_
advices13136933adv_ices
advised12136043adv_ised
affianced1843033affianced
arranged1036933arranged
askance1345923askance_
availed1135973a_vailed
avenged1245503a_venged
balanced1356513balanced
cadenced1435523cad_enced
chanced154113213_chanced
dance85223133_d_ance_
dancer94817613_d_ancer
dances95120653_d_ances
danged94819483_d_anged
davened124610073daven_ed
deaned84620453_dean_ed
enhanced1436623enhanced
evinced1335403_evinced
financed1435113financed
glanced11439233_glanced
lanced93717723__lanced
levanted1245323levanted
nuanced1036203_nuanced
penanced1338163penanced
pranced123714043_pranced
radiance1148123radiance_
radiances1247693radiances
romanced1337253romanced
tranced104414173_tranced
valanced1475463valanced
vaned94622423__van_ed
vanned104614483__vanned

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162487.78018786.9
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691487.95222471.2
 
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