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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 “strewer” 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.

40 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
strewer10431041(None) 
screwer124410071screwer
strewed115811341strewed
strewers11409061strewers
brewer114812552_brewer
screwed135710662screwed
screwers13358062screwers
screwier1346432screwier
serener73415762serener
sewer84426222s__ewer
shewer124515112s_hewer
shrewder1534402shrewder
shrewed14589852shrewed
skewer13519612s_kewer
spewer115112152s_pewer
steeper93812772steeper
steer55423862st_e_er
steerer73113632steerer
sterner7411912sterner
stewed104814242st_ewed
strafer103912462strafer
strawed114813612strawed
strawier1137492strawier
strayer104312502strayer
streaker12229482streaker
streamer10239512streamer
streek104111412stre_ek
streeker12206642streeker
streel64214022stre_el
street64125772stre_et
strew89220662strew__
strewn96710012strew_n
strews96817102strew_s
strider84315722strider
striker113714172striker
striper94514792striper
striver104315202striver
stroker114113522stroker
strowed115312142strowed
stroyer103510782stroyer

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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671402.95336461.6
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691403.38952726.8
 
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