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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 “fewer” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

137 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
fewer11521612(None) 
ewer77523981_ewer
fever115617951fever
feyer115014521feyer
hewer115719931hewer
newer85717461newer
sewer84426221sewer
beer65635992be_er
bower107328182bower
brewer114812552brewer
ceder85322242ceder
chewer145512622chewer
cower104531772cower
deer56739022de_er
defer94619752defer
deter65028042deter
dewar95817732dewar
dewed105020302dewed
dewier104013462dewier
dower95027702dower
eger55923572_eger
ever77027692_ever
ewe66630982_ewe_
ewers86018822_ewers
ewes76328702_ewes
eyer76127282_eyer
facer105525052facer
fader94421512fader
faker124824592faker
farer86733142farer
fawner125910462fawner
fear75337792fe_ar
fearer94820182fearer
feater95224052feater
feces105625362feces
fedex1699602fedex
fee66862012fe_e_
feeb96924542fe_eb
feed84538902fe_ed
feeder103513842feeder
feel75233842fe_el
feeler93215172feeler
fees76450602fe_es
feet75352212fe_et
feller94419552feller
feme96130542feme_
femes105626222femes
femur1038682femur
fencer114613532fencer
fender103718722fender
fer66646122f__er
fere76342232fere_
feres86038182feres
fester94723512fester
fete75734922fete_
feted94420932feted
fetes85630142fetes
fetor81214532fetor
fetter94120382fetter
feuar8310242feuar
feued94715662feued
fevers125414892fevers
few95436962few__
fewest12311662fewest
fezes175220022fezes
fiber104921132fiber
fifer115519972fifer
filer85433002filer
finer85431562finer
firer811229252firer
fiver116024942fiver
fixer154717832fixer
fleer86020772fleer
flier86023402flier
flower124815502flower
flyer114916252flyer
fowler123712582fowler
foyer116416552foyer
freer86021242freer
frier85225842frier
fryer115913432fryer
fueler94313932fueler
fumer105918232fumer
heder95623642heder
hewed125619432hewed
hewers123715272hewers
hexer155116682hexer
jeer115426462je_er
jewed165114832jewed
jewel156711702jewel
leer46239352le_er
leger65721512leger
leper74820742leper
lever85125162lever
lewder10479612lewder
lower85830412lower
merer75126232merer
meter75130322meter
mewed115218012mewed
mewler113510232mewler
mower104523452mower
never86218642never
newel86114132newel
pawer104422972pawer
peer66238352pe_er
peter74427592peter
pewee10319972pewee
pewter114013672pewter
power105325952power
rawer84623732rawer
refer84822142refer
rewear93012002rewear
rewed95425452rewed
rewet85135152rewet
rower85430492rower
sawer85026212sawer
seder64826762seder
seer45547042se_er
serer55935512serer
sever85426052sever
sewar85421102sewar
sewed95325162sewed
sewers94719722sewers
shewer124515112shewer
skewer13519612skewer
sower85229312sower
spewer115112152spewer
sweer84918572sweer
tawer85223442tawer
tewed94718532tewed
tower85729202tower
veer76229572ve_er
vexer155513522vexer
viewer1237212viewer
vower115220792vower
weber10313522weber
weer75535092we_er

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 Filter178691538000.626285448.9
2DLD Change Limit538001372.14025140.2
3Display Results1371370.0462978.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911372.81263545.9
 
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