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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 “pieces” 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
pieces10421727(None) 
nieces84112711nieces
piece96717991piece_
pieced113912101pieced
piecer105213081piecer
piecers114112251piecers
pierces113411191pierces
apices104916262api_ces
apiece10510082apiece_
bices95029962bi_ces
deices94119372deices
dices86434242di_ces
dienes75719902dienes
dieses75218692dieses
faeces114713122faeces
feces105625362_feces
fices106031162fi_ces
ices66129642_i_ces
lieges74113442lieges
minces104420802minces
niece74814502niece_
nieves94311292nieves
paces96741112p_aces
peaces106324082peaces
pechs125516202p_echs
pecks135724432p_ecks
pecs84634102p_ec_s
pedes85327292p_edes
pees65257372p_e_es
peeves113814872peeves
peises84125042peises
pekes114623562p_ekes
peles75738082p_eles
penes75839222p_enes
peres76246642p_eres
picas94626522pi_cas
pice84641102pi_ce_
picks135226142pi_cks
pics85633922pi_c_s
pierce104010392pierce_
pierced12347592pierced
piercer11337772piercer
piercers12316722piercers
piers75926332pie_rs
pies66949612pi__es
pietas84516502pietas
pieties9419222pieties
pikes115031032pi_kes
piles74742612pi_les
pincer104019172pincer
pincers113916502pincers
pinches144117942pinches
pinenes93416692pinenes
pines76048862pi_nes
pipes96030142pi_pes
piques1739092piques
piscos105112592piscos
pishes114722102pishes
pisses84525082pisses
pistes85325632pistes
pitches143617752pitches
pities83828082pities
pixes144323172pi_xes
pixies154915512pixies
places104323702places
plebes104313622plebes
plexes155313542plexes
ponces104720842ponces
precess11310862precess
precis103416702precis
prees75937172pre_es
prexes154915952prexes
prezes173614692prezes
prices104524542prices
princes113015152princes
puces94924632p_uces
rices75536152ri_ces
sices75637272si_ces
sieges73816832sieges
sieves93216002sieves
spices104326032spi_ces
tierces93710452tierces
vices105725532vi_ces
winces114819112winces

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551842.47033421.5
3Display Results84840.0302800.0
 (SQL Overall)178691842.82663231.1
 
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