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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forthwacker” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

14 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
thwacker204287(None) 
thwacked2132721thwacked
thwackers2142221thwackers
hacker154822692_h_acker
tacker124224502t__acker
thacked173810202th_acked
thanker14309592th_anker
thicker163611022th_icker
thwack1834212thwack__
thwacks1953612thwack_s
thwarter1433392thwarter
tracker133515172t_racker
wacker154920122__wacker
whacker19368502wh_acker

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059143.43635232.5
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691143.82646704.4