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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 “franc” 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.

71 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
franc10461541(None) 
francs114112191francs
frank124417511frank
bran65740382bran_
branch134014782branch
brand85124492brand
brank115222282brank
brans75437432brans
brant74742172brant
bronc91714342bronc
cranch133613532cranch
crane75331602crane
crank114819612crank
drank104816202drank
fan67158862f_an_
fancy134615482f_ancy
fane75343572f_ane
fang85432562f_ang
fano75831692f_ano
fans76247372f_ans
fiance11310742fiance
flan76134182flan_
flank124618092flank
flans85327972flans
frae75330472fra_e
fraena938062fraena
frag85126272fra_g
frags96322172frags
frail85220212frail
frame105821802frame
franks134912732franks
frantic12310372frantic
frap95925812fra_p
fraps105620552fraps
frass85321122frass
frat75648542fra_t
frats86829672frats
fraud939862fraud
fray105428902fra_y
frays116920102frays
frena85915272frena
french143511212french
frond95316342frond
frons86124042frons
front85029222front
furan84320012furan_
furane94015492furane
furans94515952furans
gran56335012gran_
grana65722092grana
grand75122692grand
grans64832542grans
grant64840022grant
orang65119942orang
prance104318572prance
prang84820322prang
prank115019452prank
ran38266622_ran_
rance75028512_rance
ranch105019792_ranch
rand55839572_rand
rang56939172_rang
rani46640112_rani
rank85135532_rank
rant45864682_rant
trance84718762trance
trank96222422trank
tranq145416892tranq
trans54933042trans
uranic82315182uranic
wrang94716112wrang

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800711.48636204.6
3Display Results71710.0135461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691711.79599549.3
 
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