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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 “scherzo” 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.

63 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
scherzo215394(None) 
scherzi2143581scherzi
scherzos2243701scherzos
schizo20115992sch_izo
cero66329453_c_er_o
charro114212953_charro
cheapo134810083_cheapo
cheerio12379313_cheerio
cheero114712933_cheero
chemo12313633_che_mo
cheroot12413693_cheroot
cherry144810763_cherry
chert105232103_cher_t
cherts115617233_cherts
cherty144612473_cherty
cherub1337263_cherub
chez184519023_che_z_
chiro105320343_chir_o
chorizo2136323_chorizo
churro11448353_churro
gherao1036753_gherao
hero74635783__her_o
ocher104516103ocher__
ochered132610283ochered
ochers113915303ocher_s
ochery14319443ocher_y
schema1388373sche_ma
schemas1468163schemas
scheme1379633sche_me
schemed1577753schemed
schemer1477963schemer
schemes1489663schemes
scherzando255713scherzando
schizos21115433sch_izos
schizy23115043sch_izy
schizzy23132363schizzy
schmelze2443153schmelze
schmo124510203sch__mo
schnoz2035653schnoz_
schnozz2042733schnozz
schorl1179813schor_l
schorls1248353schorls
schrik15206703sch_rik
schrod1247883sch_rod
sclera838893scler_a
sclerae937933sclerae
scleral937863scleral
scleras948223scleras
servo84516683s__ervo
sherd96321153s_her_d
sherds105614723s_herds
sherif122915243s_herif
sheroot10414373s_heroot
sherpa1138093s_herpa
sherry124510413s_herry
sleazo15257523s_leazo
spheral1238423spheral
sphere113313663spher_e
sphered133512313sphered
spheres123114353spheres
spheric14510073spheric
sphery14318883spher_y
stereo65317913s_tereo

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit134027636.12621878.4
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691636.54527301.9
 
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