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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 “astringency” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
astringency175208(None) 
stringency1653561_stringency
astringent1145912astringen_t
astringently1691802astringently
astringents1253922astringents
astringe938223astringe___
astringed1145693astringe__d
astringencies1662103astringencies
astringes1038343astringe__s
astringing1245773astringin_g
stridency1543903_stri_dency
stringendo1252483_stringendo
stringent1049093_stringen_t
stringently1583313_stringently
abstinence1452974abst_in_ence
ascendency18123424as_cendency
contingency1994044contingency
esuriency14133774esuri__ency
pertinency1754164pertin_ency
strangely1345414_strange_ly
stridence1245104_stri_dence
stringed102911874_stringe__d
stringencies1553534_stringencies
stringer93812944_stringe__r
stringers104210654_stringe_rs
stringily1346004_string_ily
stringing1139754_stringin_g
stringings1245234_stringings
stringy114111074_string___y
tangency1444564__t_angency

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819309.29616008.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691309.73518355.5
 
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