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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forhanger” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

16 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
hanger10402325(None) 
anger66225871_anger
banger94423631banger
changer134215541changer
danger83722821danger
ganger83721461ganger
hander104526431hander
hangar104114501hangar
hanged114222391hanged
hangers113120811hangers
hanker134622091hanker
hinger104723311hinger
hunger104015201hunger
manger94325001manger
ranger73925521ranger
sanger74524561sanger

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 Filter178691487550.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit48755160.95351159.5
3Display Results16160.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691161.076166069.7