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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 “quean” 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.

47 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
quean14361284(None) 
queans153110751queans
queen144312061queen
quern143610401quern
bean66443862_bean
buran75225302buran
clean75420412clean
dean56039482_dean
furan84320012furan
glean65818202glean
guan55325582gu_an
human102716032human
jean116629282_jean
lean46345242_lean
mean65538092_mean
ocean71212962ocean
paean77222722paean
pean66147172_pean
qua124821972qu_a_
quad144618702qu_ad
quag144815942qu_ag
quai134420392qu_ai
quant143624812qu_ant
quay164618352qu_ay
queasy1855172queasy
queazy2743572queazy
queens15338872queens
queer143712812queer
quell144311432quell
querns15307942querns
query174212082query
quest144121322quest
queue143711232queue
quey164616472que_y
queys17398362queys
quezal2435142quezal
quin135823922qu_in
quoin144012322quoin
skean94415622skean
spean74620512spean
squeak1935252squeak
squeal1538022squeal
ulan46527392_ulan
wean75734352_wean
yean75834582_yean
yuan76120012yu_an
yulan8411492yulan

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800471.56034487.2
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691471.88994595.6
 
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