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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 “sorrier” 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.

73 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
sorrier7231373(None) 
worrier102311681worrier
barrier94017732barrier
burrier93613552burrier
carrier93619582carrier
corkier133114302corkier
cornier93017092cornier
corrie83621232corrie_
corries94026802corries
courier93617892courier
currier93316702currier
dorkier122810022dorkier
farrier103514892farrier
firrier103410132firrier
forkier144311592forkier
furrier103513662furrier
gorier73719372go_rier
gorsier83811072gorsier
harrier104417752harrier
hoarier104211742hoarier
hornier103012462hornier
horrider1236532horrider
horsier103013242horsier
hurrier103412942hurrier
lorries74518352lorries
marrier93817522marrier
merrier92612302merrier
moorier93113072moorier
orbier839992_orbier
parrier93717652parrier
porkier133712342porkier
pornier93413132pornier
sarkier113413312sarkier
scarier94017872scarier
scarrier10298452scarrier
serried82513962serried
serries73925352serries
soapier93411712soapier
soarer64522242soar_er
soggier93410882soggier
soldier82812152soldier
sonsier7711742sonsier
sootier73916612sootier
soppier112711582soppier
sorer56236592so_r_er
sorner64720392so_rner
sorrel6413552sorr_el
sorriest8413882sorriest
sorrily1039832sorrily
sorrower1165042sorrower
sorter64425092so_rter
sortie63621992sortie_
sortied83314102sortied
sorties74126402sorties
soupier93111752soupier
sourer63620212sour_er
sparrier10329142sparrier
spirier93214072spirier
sportier102010052sportier
sprier84119062s_prier
spurrier10297692spurrier
starrier8279462starrier
stormier1036102stormier
surfier102613542surfier
surlier72915442surlier
tarrier74323172tarrier
terrier73414962terrier
torrider936172torrider
wordier112511212wordier
wormier12278762wormier
worried11308692worried
worriers11257812worriers
worries104117132worries

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671734.04626611.7
3Display Results73730.0332212.1
 (SQL Overall)178691734.48539841.9
 
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