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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 “skewers” 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.

42 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
skewers1449838(None) 
sewers94719721s_ewers
shewers134312051shewers
skewer13519611skewer_
spewers124210661spewers
brewers123811062brewers
chewers154111142chewers
ewers86018822__ewers
hewers123715272_hewers
sawers94620162s_awers
screwers13358062screwers
seders74420282s_eders
seeders83017112seeders
seekers113712332seekers
seemers93814332seemers
seers55136382s_e_ers
severs94121122s_evers
sewars94018632s_ewars
sewer84426222s_ewer_
sheers94322402she_ers
shewer124515112shewer_
showers134612682showers
skaters113512962skaters
skeens103912912ske_ens
skees95023122ske_e_s
skeeters12298962skeeters
skeets104513252ske_ets
skelters12349372skelters
skenes104616632skene_s
skewed145610232skewe_d
skewered1634212skewered
skewness1533762skewness
skews125413802skew__s
skiers104713702sk_iers
skivers14409702skivers
sneers64016172sne_ers
sowers94923442s_owers
speers85019952spe_ers
spewer115112152spewer_
steers63820982ste_ers
strewers11409062strewers
viewers1337172viewers

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 Limit107671422.95336461.6
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691423.34253468.3
 
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