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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 “staw” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

218 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
staw7862769(None) 
saw68255351s_aw
shaw108132551shaw
slaw77930711slaw
snaw78923071snaw
stab67329931stab
stag57332001stag
star48037761star
stat47352691stat
stay78333721stay
stew77525461stew
stow77325741stow
straw813321291straw
taw610155451_taw
atap66722452atap
aw512563402__aw
blaw97026722blaw
braw94829562braw
caw86647932_caw
chaw126224632chaw
claw95624342claw
craw97725262craw
daw77148362_daw
draw85623012draw
eta35834192eta_
etas46432272etas
flaw106326642flaw
gnaw86515742gnaw
haw97153272_haw
jaw136237682_jaw
law68656642_law
maw87050102_maw
naw66346492_naw
paw87651172_paw
pshaw13447512pshaw
raw67252252_raw
sab56563202s_ab
sac57452862s_ac
sad47459212s_ad
sae38365182s_ae
sag46163402s_ag
sal36462882s_al
sap56463232s_ap
sat36288482s_at
satay84718462satay
sate45556102sate
sati45539332sati
sau36356572s_au
sawn75428162s_awn
saws75839482s_aws
sax107447642s_ax
say67264762s_ay
scab85926712scab
scad75725772scad
scag76626892scag
scam85932352scam
scan65530452scan
scar66434202scar
scat65848372scat
scow96021422scow
sea36161292sea_
seal45654372seal
seam66645972seam
sear47353842sear
seas45755272seas
seat47575562seat
seta45637312seta_
setae56026222setae
setal56430902setal
sew66247262s_ew
sha69837782sha_
shad86230912shad
shag86430562shag
shah105627782shah
sham96436362sham
shat76456602shat
shawl116217572shawl
shawm135316152shawm
shawn116417612shawn
shaws116226262shaws
shay107133342shay
shew108030762shew
show106229192show
shwa106014962shwa
sial45938842sial
sitar54820542sitar
ska76925862ska_
skag96321512skag
skas85325712skas
skat87037902skat
skew116218762skew
slab67133762slab
slag55934352slag
slam67737972slam
slap66434042slap
slat46959022slat
slaws85222712slaws
slay76436382slay
slew76228232slew
slow77729492slow
smew95017732smew
snag55827872snag
snap65727032snap
snaws86116362snaws
snow76324792snow
soak87227662soak
soap65831132soap
soar46838672soar
sow66554762s_ow
spa55730812spa_
spae65034322spae
spam85930042spam
span65234662span
spar65433302spar
spas67036722spas
spat66548522spat
spawn107811712spawn
spay96631662spay
spaz155626162spaz
spew95421872spew
squaw17368982squaw
stabs76221382stabs
stack114421692stack
stade64825302stade
staff113817712staff
stage65330192stage
stags66226742stags
stagy96618892stagy
staid66722082staid
staig65519642staig
stain55727942stain
stair54719942stair
stake95927532stake
stale55637102stale
stalk94518002stalk
stall54722352stall
stamp95217362stamp
stand65923282stand
stane55933002stane
stang66424692stang
stank95823302stank
staph104314652staph
stare54440262stare
stark95425622stark
stars55836572stars
start55642312start
stash84916972stash
state56237332state
stats55933362stats
stave85324992stave
stays86022022stays
stead65520272stead
steak95219802steak
steal56125472steal
steam76322932steam
stem610628252stem
step67126292step
stet45947322stet
stews85519142stews
stewy116112062stewy
stey76224412stey
stir45723252stir
stoa45425912stoa
stoae55024262stoae
stoai55417872stoai
stoas55126022stoas
stoat57135952stoat
stob66724612stob
stop66532032stop
stot46347332stot
stowp105614232stowp
stows86622702stows
strap77925262strap
straws98718672straws
strawy1210312822strawy
stray88525572stray
strew89220662strew
strow88920572strow
stub66221842stub
stud56220092stud
stum65526022stum
stun45623452stun
sty66227312st_y
stye76218972stye
swab96825312swab
swag87526732swag
swam96329982swam
swan76631312swan
swap95925432swap
swat77244442swat
sway107128232sway
ta211662452_ta_
tab57460322_tab
tad47959832_tad
tae38267052_tae
tag47259502_tag
taj106442192_taj
tam58663422_tam
tan37167582_tan
tao38358952_tao
tap57663882_tap
tar37570692_tar
tas38477102_tas
tat37690292_tat
tau36856902_tau
tav66043212_tav
taws75641592_taws
tax109449152_tax
tew66640152_tew
thaw107521312thaw
tow610557362_tow
tsar47819802tsar
twa67721642_twa
uta37425582uta_
utas45924952utas
vaw95937462_vaw
waw97046382_waw
yaw97145152_yaw

Search took 9 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 Filter178691298721.670107000.6
2DLD Change Limit298722184.1267239.9
3Display Results2182180.483451.3
 (SQL Overall)1786912186.27928458.5
 
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