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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 “marrows” 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.

43 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
marrows12291183(None) 
arrows92813491_arrows
barrows123411691barrows
farrows13259791farrows
harrows132611041harrows
marrons93216971marrons
marrow112812611marrow_
marrowy15236091marrowy
morrows12318721morrows
narrows10258851narrows
yarrows13277861yarrows
arrow83414892_arrow_
arrowy12288282_arrowy
barlows12259982barlows
barrow114512772barrow_
borrows12349262borrows
burrows12399102burrows
carroms11512402carroms
carrots9714622carrots
farrow12309982farrow_
furrows13327792furrows
garrons82713462garrons
harrow122610782harrow_
karroos1139312karroos
macrons113514892macrons
macros104017012macro_s
mallows123714322mallows
marmots11311512marmots
maroons92615552maroons
marrams11310122marrams
marrers93414312marrers
marries93825292marries
marron83717542marro_n
marrowed1445992marrowed
matrons93517632matrons
mirrors938622mirrors
morros83714672morro_s
morrow113510092morrow_
narrow9269152narrow_
parrots9312742parrots
sorrows10278402sorrows
sparrows1344812sparrows
yarrow12287942yarrow_

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671433.35632083.1
3Display Results43430.0331303.0
 (SQL Overall)178691433.78247247.8
 
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