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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 “sewered” 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.

47 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
sewered11291124(None) 
severed113513861severed
skewered1634211skewered
bewared13310112bewared
bowered133113042bowered
cowered133214652cowered
dowered122811552dowered
fevered14339722fevered
jeered143912792je_ered
jeweled1845332jeweled
leered73816222le_ered
levered114212302levered
lowered112711912lowered
metered103514012metered
peered93819492pe_ered
petered103314972petered
powered132911642powered
revered112819332revered
rewired115413282rewired
sabered103213022sabered
seared75232842se_ared
seaweed11108812seawe_ed
seceded11319202seceded
secerned1136102secerned
secured1059722secured
seeded84520462se_eded
seeled73922092se_eled
seemed95117612se_emed
seeped94317522se_eped
sered65737292s__ered
severe94016082severe_
severer103511562severer
sewed95325162sew__ed
sewer84426222sewer__
sewers94719722sewer_s
sheered113515452sheered
showered1537012showered
sneered83113972sneered
sobered102912432sobered
speered103614812speered
sphered133512312sphered
spiered104412462spiered
steered83615252steered
supered10316122supered
swerved1455702s_werved
towered112911402towered
veered103612742ve_ered

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671473.40631612.2
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.79847048.7
 
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