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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 “langley” 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.

43 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
langley114745(None) 
langleys1245101langleys
agley96917332_a_gley
angle64528872_angle_
angled84219092_angled
angler74017862_angler
angles74426702_angles
bangle94018952bangle_
bangles103617412bangles
dangle84119302dangle_
dangled104013152dangled
dangler96912812dangler
dangles93618422dangles
dangly114212262dangl_y
gangly113911582gangl_y
jangle144416292jangle_
jangled164111562jangled
jangler153811832jangler
jangles154015682jangles
jangly174310602jangl_y
landler84113202landler
lanely93914482lanel_y
langrel8107032langrel
langue71012172langue_
langues81211912langues
languet8713692languet
lankly13439622lankl_y
largely1136702largely
longly10279602longl_y
mangey123614522mang_ey
mangle93921322mangle_
mangled113615262mangled
mangler103215642mangler
mangles104021462mangles
tangle74019952tangle_
tangled94214632tangled
tangler83515072tangler
tangles83920042tangles
tangly104413912tangl_y
wangle103817502wangle_
wangled123312412wangled
wangler113312652wangler
wangles113416932wangles

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 Filter1786911076710.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit107671437.81313781.0
3Display Results43430.0301433.3
 (SQL Overall)178691438.17321863.6
 
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