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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 “pfennigs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
pfennigs146198(None) 
pfennig1362281pfennig_
pfennige1461821pfennige
pennies94218812p_ennies
pennis84315742p_enni_s
bennies93917313_bennies
bennis84314803_benni_s
blennies1056933blennies
evenings1234383evenings
fannies103415643_fannies
fencings14225663_fencings
fennecs12305693_fennecs
fennels10387903_fennels
fennier10339253_fennier
fenniest113113203_fenniest
finings114311773_finings
funnies104113603_funnies
jennies143511623_jennies
kennings13315273_kennings
openings1134803openings
peelings11339523peelings
peening103318303peening_
penangs10268373p_enangs
pencils113011773p_encils
penis75129323p_e_ni_s
penners93414183p_enners
penni74617903p_enni__
pennia84412973p_enni_a
pennine93712953p_ennine
pennines103112043p_ennines
penning103616493p_enning
pennons939713p_ennons
pensils92811593p_ensils
peonies93620153p_eonies
piecings1345343piecings
pinnies93318443p_innies
plannings12325453plannings
plenties10314693plenties
renigs74314593_re_nigs
rennins74013413_rennins
sennits73811283_sennits
tennies73017973_tennies
tennis64015303_tenni_s

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162437.15620425.1
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691437.59223536.7
 
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