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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search formean” 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.

17 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
mean6553808(None) 
bean66443861bean
dean56039481dean
jean116629281jean
lean46345241lean
man57465851m_an
mead75531601mead
meal65643171meal
means75831221means
meant76537201meant
meany104620471meany
meat66359601meat
men59252841me_n
moan65832011moan
pean66147171pean
wean75734351wean
yean75834581yean

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0602978183.3
2DLD Change Limit13983170.23659250.0
3Display Results17170.0131307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691170.309578288.0