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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 “thrive” 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.

50 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
thrive12531322(None) 
shrive125216951shrive
thrave126010271thrave
thrice114311571thrice
thrived14458181thrived
thriven13447021thriven
thriver13479121thriver
thrives134611711thrives
throve128012391throve
arrive91311792arrive
chive135117622ch_ive
derive103817042derive
drive95318002_drive
hive106029672_h_ive
rive75537722__rive
scrive115414942scrive
shive114423422sh_ive
shrieve13417682shrieve
shrike134513242shrike
shrine94920052shrine
shrived144712182shrived
shrivel13479402shrivel
shriven13379652shriven
shriver134712192shriver
shrives134416172shrives
shrove125412232shrove
strive95020962strive
tardive1136892tardive
theine94814922theine
thieve1235962thieve
thine85026862th_ine
thorite10313442thorite
thraves13469712thraves
three87526912thr_ee
thrift12412042thrift
thrill94910592thrill
thrip103012182thri_p
thrips11299012thrips
thrivers14456822thrivers
throe89321422thr_oe
throne98517602throne
trave85223032t_rave
tribe74420272t_ribe
trice75127492t_rice
trike95320162t_rike
trine54734602t_rine
tripe75425382t_ripe
trite54730032t_rite
trivet93721882t_rivet
trove85221922t_rove

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit82551502.42334069.7
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691502.56269746.7
 
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