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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 “barrows” 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.

44 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
barrows12341168(None) 
arrows92813481_arrows
barlows12259971barlows
barrow114512761barrow_
borrows12349251borrows
burrows12399091burrows
farrows13259781farrows
harrows132611031harrows
marrows122911821marrows
narrows10258841narrows
yarrows13277851yarrows
arrow83414882_arrow_
arrowy12288272_arrowy
barhops14288112barhops
barlow112911422barlow_
barons85025382ba_rons
barrels94514362barrels
barrens94414322barrens
barres84427542barr_es
barrets94917102barrets
barrios9310772barrios
barroom1139372barroom
barrooms1237892barrooms
baryons121010472baryons
borrow114310722borrow_
brows105425982b__rows
burros85114992burro_s
burrow114610802burrow_
carroms11512402carroms
carrots9714622carrots
farrow12309972farrow_
furrows13327792furrows
garrons82713462garrons
harrow122610772harrow_
karroos1139312karroos
marrons93216972marrons
marrow112812602marrow_
marrowy15236082marrowy
morrows12318722morrows
narrow9269142narrow_
parrots9312742parrots
sorrows10278402sorrows
sparrows1344802sparrows
yarrow12287932yarrow_

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit107671443.09334811.2
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691443.23255288.1
 
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