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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forairscrews” 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.

18 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
airscrews149232(None) 
aircrews13122811air_crews
airscrew13102931airscrew_
aircrew12113912air_crew_
airfares1146693airfare_s
airscapes1345023airscapes
airsheds12274963airs_heds
airshows1444163airs_hows
airspeeds1242513airspeeds
airstream1153543airstream
airstreams1252713airstreams
airstrips1154733airstrips
corkscrews2151403corkscrews
jackscrews2851523jackscrews
kirsches1743843kirsche_s
screws115513893___screws
setscrews1441443setscrews
unscrews1343313_unscrews

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641186.64022385.7
3Display Results18180.0161125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691187.07925242.4