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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 “liana” 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.

84 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
liana5391589(None) 
lianas63713381lianas
liane54720661liane
liang64914411liang
ana39559832__ana
asana5315482asana
bwana10310242bwana
giant65430592giant
grana65722092grana
jnana12159042jnana
kana85928532_kana
kiang104811352kiang
kina85631992ki_na
lain46146282lain_
lama66635292l_ama
lanai5319572l_anai
land56337312l_and
lane45153332l_ane
lang56637382l_ang
lank84734452l_ank
lava76725422l_ava
lean46345242lean_
leans55536252leans
leant56737782leant
lianes63819322lianes
liangs74410592liangs
liar47229682lia_r
liard65418592liard
liars54723162liars
libra74712422libra
lien45339802lien_
lienal63912782lienal
liens56525502liens
ligan67920282ligan_
ligand85011292ligand
ligans76817732ligans
lignan75510322lignan
lima65734132li_ma
liman75921602liman_
limans84816302limans
limba95414982limba
limina83514502limina
limn66527692limn_
limns75718392limns
limpa97014462limpa
lin37967372li_n_
linac7315412linac
line46965572li_ne
ling57447962li_ng
linga66820822linga
link86943442li_nk
linn46034592li_nn
linns56123332linns
lino46343372li_no
lins47059052li_ns
lint416266232li_nt
liny78141322li_ny
lion46334442lion_
lions55923212lions
lipa68425922li_pa
lira46928682li_ra
litany939052litany
llama799892llama
llano5910602llano
loan47436452loan_
loans56026462loans
luna46229852l_una
mana65341962_mana
mina65136922mi_na
nana46632902_nana
pian66136092pian_
piano76118712piano
pians75126962pians
pina65842632pi_na
pinna75320182pinna
pirana8713262pirana
pliant83918822pliant
riant55833152riant
riata54618022riata
ruana5312422ruana
signa66114702signa
tiara5315912tiara
viand9511072viand
vina76331802vi_na

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 Filter178691538000.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit53800841.42037887.3
3Display Results84840.0165250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691841.516117870.1
 
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