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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forgentlewomen” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

11 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
gentlewomen176162(None) 
gentlewoman1781471gentlewoman
gentlemen1243852gentle__men
gentleman1242833gentle__man
needlewomen1761733needlewomen
gentlefolk1861194gentlefo_lk
gentlefolks196994gentlefolks
mettlesome1452034mettlesome_
needlewoman1761374needlewoman
nettlesome1252124nettlesome_
noblewomen1752504_noblewomen

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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819118.37317773.7
3Display Results11110.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691118.79620315.0