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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 “thirteen” 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.

40 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
thirteen114330(None) 
thirteens1243001thirteens
thirteenth1651642thirteenth
thirties1139722thirties
chirren12388743chir_ren
chorten122811303chort_en
fifteen1343923_fifteen
fourteen1144503fourteen
hiree85427803_hir_ee_
hirees95117293_hir_ees
hitmen11239193_hi_tmen
shirtier1137943shirtier
shorten103511413short_en
sixteen1434113_sixteen
terreen7257573t_erreen
therein102310353ther_ein
thereon10199263ther_eon
thicken16317873thi_cken
thiophen1643583thiophen
thiotepa1342213thiotepa
thirled11328093thir_led
thirsted1235213thirsted
thirster1135673thirster
thirsters1235233thirsters
thirstier1243693thirstier
thirteenths1761113thirteenths
thirtieth1552593thirtieth
thirty12378403thirt__y
thistle10107803thistle_
thistles1198233thistles
thither13328103thi_ther
three87526913th_r_ee_
threep115910113th_r_eep
threes97117323th_r_ees
thriven13447023th_riven
titmen8239883t_i_tmen
torten65314353t_ort_en
treen55622753t__r_een
tureen63312723t_ur_een
whiten124111923whi_t_en

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162407.37619815.9
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691407.81222873.9
 
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