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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwatchbands” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

13 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
watchbands215282(None) 
watchband2043221watchband_
hatbands1446293hat__bands
hatchbacks2683083hatchbacks
marchlands1843243marchlands
matchboards2152893matchboards
patchboards2153153patchboards
waistbands1652203waistbands
watchables2043203watchables
watchcases2052783watchcases
watchman1844623watchman__
watchwords2253293watchwords
wavebands1843353wa_vebands

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603136.06323190.3
3Display Results13130.016812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691136.49927495.2