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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 “dance” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

118 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
dance8522313(None) 
dace76934921da_ce
danced105315251danced
dancer94817611dancer
dances95120651dances
dunce86319261dunce
hance105424151hance
lance75126721lance
nance74721841nance
rance75028511rance
ace59656832_a_ce
acne66625872_acne
advance1346042advance
ane37866952_an_e
ante46538902_ante
banco94019392banco
bane65250432ban_e
cancel105316682cancel
cancer104220922cancer
cane66653122can_e
canoe75627252canoe
chance134617092chance
daces85030682da_ces
dale55643982da_le
dame77140312da_me
dan46859672dan__
dancers103413092dancers
dander811222992dander
dandle84218092dandle
dandy104416702dandy
dang65131552dan_g
danged94819492danged
danger83722832danger
dangle84119312dangle
dangs75623212dangs
danio6319782danio
dank95828242dan_k
danker114319662danker
dans56748152dan_s
dare55848862da_re
date56443322da_te
daube85015302daube
daze147327232da_ze
deice84320032deice
dene56643412den_e
dense65923502dense
deuce84517492deuce
dice75841902d_ice
dine55555342din_e
dinge75627302dinge
dolce85816682dolce
done55747912don_e
donee66931012donee
donne65520462donne
douce85518422douce
duce76933502d_uce
dunces95215752dunces
dunch115316262dunch
dune56137582dun_e
durance1059112durance
dyne85320932dyn_e
face96140122fa_ce
fancy134615482fancy
fane75343572fan_e
farce104925322farce
fence105319912fence
fiance11310742fiance
gane55145302gan_e
glance94312312glance
hances115621282hances
hanse85722792hanse
hence104920052hence
jane115031482jan_e
jaunce15367432jaunce
kane85133982kan_e
lace66848472la_ce
lanced93717722lanced
lancer84319972lancer
lances84824102lances
lancet84223572lancet
lane45153332lan_e
launce8469182launce
mace87345792ma_ce
manche133515102manche
mane65052032man_e
mange84930202mange
manse75528232manse
mince95325232mince
nances83618642nances
nancy105214922nancy
nonce75719822nonce
nuance859042nuance
once65423082_once
ounce77019932ounce
pace86345772pa_ce
pane64950292pan_e
panne76623652panne
pence94924452pence
ponce95222512ponce
prance104318572prance
race66746262ra_ce
rances84625442rances
ranch105019792ranch
ranee55438102ranee
range64728422range
saice75424052saice
sane45954342san_e
sauce75121652sauce
seance83716692seance
since75024172since
stance84316912stance
tace65342512ta_ce
trance84718762trance
usance858012usance
vane75534692van_e
wane76344722wan_e
wince105220882wince
yince105214252yince

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 Filter178691538000.516346300.4
2DLD Change Limit538001182.17024792.6
3Display Results1181180.0333575.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911182.71965719.4
 
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