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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 “waverer” 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.

38 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
waverer1331952(None) 
wagerer11328491wagerer
waterer103314081waterer
wavered142910431wavered
waverers14318611waverers
averter102410552_averter
caperer113013402caperer
caterer92815952caterer
coverer123113522coverer
eagerer8248822eagerer
favorer1355882favorer
havered144011452havered
haverel13397152haverel
hoverer13319822hoverer
laveer94110422lave_er
paperer113111902paperer
quaverer2054592quaverer
raveler104212462raveler
ravener104110742ravener
reverer103815832reverer
savorer1057882savorer
severer103511562severer
slaverer11196992slaverer
taperer92511792taperer
taverner1134422taverner
wafered14288432wafered
wagered12299332wagered
wagerers12247612wagerers
wakener1446912wakener
wanderer122210122wanderer
watered113014962watered
waterers112312792waterers
waterier11312092waterier
wavelet13310942wavelet
waver115025712wav__er
wavers125022482waver_s
wavery154610062waver_y
wavier124613082wav_ier

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit107671387.09315179.9
3Display Results38380.0331151.5
 (SQL Overall)178691387.89222642.0
 
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