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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 “wamefous” 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.

35 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
wamefous164376(None) 
wamefou1542291wamefou_
wameful1535672wamef_ul
wamefuls1643862wamefuls
acerous9513333_acerous
acetous9410363_acetous
amadous1038503_amadous
amorous9311133_amorous
arenous7314183_arenous
awmous1157713awm__ous
cameos105818003came_o_s
caseous9312513case_ous
dimerous1139323dimerous
famous11412393fam__ous
gaseous839503gase_ous
hamulous1344923hamulous
laminous1037953laminous
meous76120063__me_ous
numerous1047843numerous
racemous1246953racemous
ramous8417113ram__ous
ramulous1045883ramulous
ravenous1146793ravenous
timeous938403time_ous
waeful1238123wa_ef_ul
wakeful1735613wakef_ul
wames106432803wame___s
wammus13426733wam__mus
wampus13499013wam__pus
wamus105514683wam___us
warehouse1545793warehouse
waterbus1345863waterbus
waveform1943553waveform
waveforms2042403waveforms
waveoffs2042043waveoffs

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162358.14317949.4
3Display Results35350.0301166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691358.60920756.3
 
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