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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 “almemars” 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.

44 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
almemars124352(None) 
almemar1144301almemar_
alegars838932al_egars
aimers84621913aime__rs
alamedas1145443alameda_s
alcazars1942963alcazars
alders74218423alde__rs
alegar739283al_egar_
algebras1143223algebras
alieners889823alieners
alienors8136733alienors
allegers9378233allegers
allobars1046583allobars
almahs118611613al__mahs
almanacs1254443almanacs
almas76629773al__ma_s
almehs11619493alme__hs
almes75126543alme___s
almners9399563alm_ners
almoners1068133almoners
almsman1145093almsma_n
altars64518153al__tars
alterers82512493alterers
alters64924223alte__rs
alveolars1242603alveolars
amebas10311453a_meba_s
ameers84015573a_me_ers
ammeters1237693ammeters
anears63717183a_ne_ars
appears11308953appe_ars
armers85520273arme__rs
arrears738843arre_ars
blears85116453bl_e_ars
calamars1238133cal_amars
clears84116563cl_e_ars
dammars12308193dam_mars
lears55938733_l_e_ars
lemans85316393_l_emans
lemmas10349163_lemma_s
lemurs837253_l_emurs
palmers113513623palme__rs
shmears1277073shme_ars
smears84714433_sme_ars
ulemas888963ul_ema_s

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162447.58019282.6
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691447.99922339.2
 
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