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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 “homewards” 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.

41 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
homewards184451(None) 
homeward1745321homeward_
homelands1545442homelands
homeworks2145752homeworks
shorewards1743592shorewards
bombards1536493bom_bards
boneyards1584623boneyards
cowards1339613co__wards
downwards1743833downwards
forewarns1585633forewarns
forewords16117393forewords
foreyards1645503foreyards
forwards1537043fo_rwards
haywards1845873h_aywards
hoards104912623ho___ards
holards1148433ho__lards
homebreds17213993homebreds
homegirls1542493homegirls
homeland1446233homeland_
homemade1645143homema_de
homepages1745223homepages
homeports16115553homeports
homers114821973home__r_s
homestands1644023homestands
homework2045823homewor_k
honeworts1545813honeworts
housewares1645413housewares
leewards1244983_leewards
moonwards1574203moonwards
notecards1243553notecards
onwards1137173_o_nwards
outwards1299123_outwards
poleward1455943poleward_
rerewards1344643rerewards
rewards114813993__rewards
shoreward1644083shoreward_
sidewards1445053sidewards
someways1644823somewa_ys
stewards1236383_stewards
timecards1443283timecards
towards1138783to__wards

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641417.48319863.8
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691417.67223291.3
 
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