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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 “shrapnel” 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.

48 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
shrapnel134213(None) 
grapnel1035602_grapnel
scrannel1044032scrannel
channel123910483ch_annel
chapel134911373ch_ap_el
charnel124010053ch_arnel
grapnels1134393_grapnels
rappel104211953__rappel
sarape84817573sarap_e_
sarapes94617753sarap_es
scrannels1143513scrannels
scrape105917573scrap_e_
scraped124313133scrap_ed
scraper114513423scrap_er
scrapes116217663scrap_es
scrapie115010943scrapie_
scrapies124612483scrapies
scrapped1556533scrapped
scrapper1466973scrapper
scrapple1434683scrapple
serape84818413serap_e_
serapes95218103serap_es
shape105125113sh_ap_e_
shaped125020103sh_ap_ed
shapely1536893sh_ap_ely
shapen114414653sh_ap_en
shaper114119933sh_ap_er
shapes115124953sh_ap_es
sharped134112053sharp_ed
sharpen12389723sharp_en
sharpened1544483sharpened
sharpener1444583sharpener
sharpens13377813sharpens
sharper124312703sharp_er
sharpie1238403sharpie_
sharpies13411233sharpies
sharpness1434943sharpness
shrank13359123shra_n_k
shrine94920053shr_ine_
shrined114112413shr_ined
shrines104618693shr_ines
shrivel13479403shr_ivel
sprained1138433sprained
strained9412253strained
strainer8512223strainer
strapped1357823strapped
strapper1258093strapper
subpanel1246073subpanel

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162487.43619656.0
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691487.85822740.0
 
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