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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 “endows” 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
endows10461042(None) 
endow94510981endow_
enows85115491en_ows
indows104210791indows
dows85941052__dows
eddoes8199142eddoes
eidos65817762eido_s
elbows1196722elbows
embows1396822embows
enders74324052enders
endorse879202endorse
endowed1248172endowed
endower1138482endower
endowers1238232endowers
ends56528532end__s
endues73813902endues
enjoys1644602enjoys
enols54718402en_ols
enow77819872en_ow_
enrols61213382enrols
envois988702envois
envoys1255142envoys
indols74714202indols
indow95011662indow_
kendos114510662kendo_s
knows124912412kn_ows
meadows1337332meadows
nows75738232_n_ows
reendows12234682reendows
snows84719892sn_ows
tendons8311472tendons
undoes73917402undoes
vendors113510222vendors
widows1376562widows
windows1447742windows

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551352.54632423.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691352.90561511.5
 
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