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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 “worries” 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.

61 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
worries10411713(None) 
corries94026791corries
lorries74518341lorries
worried11308691worried
worrier102311681worrier
worriers11257811worriers
worrits10258681worrits
berries94423552berries
beworries1444842beworries
carries94328012carries
corbies113520122corbies
corrie83621222corrie_
cowries124218012cowries
curries93723162curries
derries83124622derries
dories75232362do_ries
dowries114413982dowries
durries83817352durries
ferries103521082ferries
forties104323862forties
gurries83515952gurries
harries103525492harries
herries104025072herries
hurries103919652hurries
jerries143817512jerries
kerries113317912kerries
lories64933042lo_ries
marries93825282marries
morris83814732morri_s
morrises10711072morrises
murries94118672murries
orgies72316092_orgies
orrices9129362_orrices
orris54516552_orri_s
orrises71312232_orrises
parries93925842parries
perries93226602perries
porgies103017002porgies
porkies133416492porkies
serries73925352serries
sorrier72313732sorrier
sorriest8413882sorriest
sorties74126402sorties
tarries73324262tarries
terries73425632terries
tories65435882to_ries
wearies103020222wearies
wherries14179022wherries
whirries14136692whirries
woodies113517152woodies
woolies104117362woolies
wordier112511212wordier
wordiest122311542wordiest
wormier12278762wormier
wormiest13249542wormiest
wormils1236732wormils
worrit92313312worri_t
worrited1235742worrited
worses95522952wo_rses
worthies14310282worthies
wries85827742w__ries

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671613.04635348.3
3Display Results61610.0302033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691613.44951809.5
 
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