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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 “marrow” 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.

46 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
marrow11281261(None) 
arrow83414891_arrow
barrow114512771barrow
farrow12309981farrow
harrow122610781harrow
marron83717541marron
marrows122911831marrows
marrowy15236091marrowy
morrow113510091morrow
narrow9269151narrow
yarrow12287941yarrow
arrows92813492_arrows
arrowy12288282_arrowy
barlow112911432barlow
barrows123411692barrows
borrow114310732borrow
burrow114610812burrow
carrom10513402carrom
carrot8423122carrot
farrows13259792farrows
furrow12427742furrow
garron73113492garron
harrows132611042harrows
karroo10410022karroo
macro94718172macro_
macron103615672macron
macros104017012macros
mallow114014742mallow
marmot10318752marmot
maroon83118202maroon
marram10313892marram
marred95421042marred
marrer83716672marrer
marrons93216972marrons
marrowed1445992marrowed
marry104821692marr_y
matron83918312matron
mirror848002mirror
morro73216952morro_
morros83714672morros
morrows12318722morrows
narrows10258852narrows
parrot8320662parrot
sorrow9339442sorrow
sparrow1234272sparrow
yarrows13277862yarrows

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551462.50033020.4
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691462.87362196.7
 
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