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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 “shivery” 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.

35 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
shivery1631702(None) 
shiver124517371shiver_
shivers133714831shivers
livery124910902_livery
quivery22265462quivery
shaver123718912shaver_
shavers134115092shavers
shier85428942shi_er_
shiers94921752shi_ers
shimmery18265252shimmery
shiner93820872shiner_
shiners104015942shiners
shinnery14305672shinnery
shive114423422shive__
shivered15177102shivered
shiverer14186662shiverer
shives124921412shive_s
shover124515992shover_
shovers134613002shovers
showery16437242showery
shriver134712192shriver_
shrivers14419102shrivers
silvery13328092silvery
siver85728612s_iver_
sivers95324152s_ivers
skiver134612102skiver_
skivers14409702skivers
slavery13407892slavery
sliver94116592sliver_
slivers104115252slivers
spicery14499012spicery
spidery13308202spidery
stiver93915732stiver_
stivers103613542stivers
thievery1742562thievery

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671353.04635348.3
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691353.40652463.6
 
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