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

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

17 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
beflower1616628(None) 
beflowers17165821beflowers
bellower13159071bellower
deflower15126081deflower
reflower14126851reflower
beflowered1942902beflowered
bellflower1852412bellflower
bellowed14158612bellowed
bellowers14177622bellowers
bestower13126212bestower
blower115316572b__lower
deflowers16145642deflowers
flower124815502__flower
mellower13167412mellower
reflowed15126912reflowed
reflowers15125982reflowers
yellower14186222yellower

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911210590.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit121059177.59315943.5
3Display Results17170.0161062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691178.39221293.0