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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 “sherberts” 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.

39 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
sherberts144359(None) 
sherbert1348791sherbert_
sherbets1335211sherbe_ts
sherbet12311382sherbe_t_
berberis1246603_berberis
gerberas1144963_gerberas
halberts1335973_halberts
herders113914123_herder_s
overbeats14279823overbeats
overbets132510683overbe_ts
perverts1337533_perverts
sergers83815633s_erger_s
serpents102410373s_erpents
servers103214833s_erver_s
sharers104720623shar_er_s
sharkers154011053sharker_s
sharpers133810943sharper_s
shearers113911323shearer_s
shebeans1344703she_beans
shebeens1343333she_beens
shedders13267433shedder_s
sheers94322403she__er_s
sheeters113111863sheeter_s
sheets93918503she__e_ts
shellers112812583sheller_s
shelters113412813shelter_s
shelvers14388813shelver_s
shepherds1843223shepherds
shereefs1433863sher_eefs
sheroots1137863sher_oots
sherris10168803sher__ris
shewers134312053she_wer_s
shirkers15319583shirker_s
sieverts1145713sie_verts
sorbents10279133s_orbents
sorbets93012513s_orbe_ts
sterlets8169273sterle_ts
svedbergs164883svedbergs
swervers1455213swerver_s

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641396.50022867.8
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691396.95225703.5
 
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