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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 “demerara” 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.

27 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
demerara114485(None) 
demeraran1253151demeraran
demeraras1243731demeraras
deaerate9314173deaerate
debeard1137353debe_ard
decenary1446273decenary
deeryard1353593de_eryard
deferral1244353deferral
demark134211023dem__ark
demean9510563deme_a_n
demeans1039723deme_ans
dementia1157833dementia
demerge11168023demer_ge
demerged13157603demerged
demerger12127373demerger
demergers13146403demergers
demerges12129503demerges
demerit10314993demer_it
demerits11310763demerits
demersal1145273demersal
demurer1037873demurer_
demurral1143943demurral
deodara945243de_odara
emerald1046923_emerald
emerita938713_emerita
megara9310093__megara
numerary1344283numerary

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162277.56319325.9
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691278.01622291.8
 
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