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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 “delayers” 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.

35 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
delayers1226866(None) 
belayers13298141belayers
decayers14307961decayers
delayer113010531delayer_
allayers11156632allayers
belayer12339502belayer_
bilayers13296922bilayers
dealers84118612de_alers
debasers11377902debasers
debaters113511922debaters
decayer13339352decayer_
declarers1236422declarers
decoyers14287712decoyers
defacers14237992defacers
defamers14258522defamers
deflaters13298702deflaters
defrayers1644172defrayers
delates83526282delate_s
delators92314832delators
delayed123310762delaye_d
delays104014052delay__s
delivers123310752delivers
deluders10156432deluders
delvers113411992del_vers
deployers1545062deployers
dewaters122910722dewaters
dilaters92513062dilaters
elaters74420192_elaters
flayers133912032_flayers
inlayers1135642inlayers
layers93921182__layers
players124313762_players
relaters83218152relaters
relaxers15298262relaxers
slayers104513322_slayers

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059354.04629920.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691354.43840263.9
 
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