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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search foroutgnaw” 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.

11 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
outgnaw1112435(None) 
outgnawn12122931outgnawn
outgnaws12123891outgnaws
outdraw1136902outdraw
outgas7313202outg_as
outglow1154862outglow
outgnawed1443622outgnawed
outgrew1136712outgrew
outgrow1136322outgrow
outlaw9279642out_law
outsaw92610282out_saw

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911076710.716249568.4
2DLD Change Limit107671117.70313977.8
3Display Results11110.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691118.41921224.7