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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 “worsen” 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.

54 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
worsen9551387(None) 
worse86525261worse_
worsens104610261worsens
worser95117521worser
worses95522951worses
worset96726581worset
boreen8314312boreen
coarsen93210322coarsen
corse75036182corse_
corses84433462corses
corset85636222corset
dorsel75315502dorsel
dorser74819182dorser
gorhen1038892gorhen
gorse65926812gorse_
gorses74723292gorses
hoarsen10367992hoarsen
horse86132652horse_
horsed105321082horsed
horses94729342horses
horsey125115402horsey
hosen85623882ho_sen
loosen66615962loosen
moreen8313342moreen
morgen9312202morgen
morse76032702morse_
morsel85815892morsel
owsen84210192_owsen
sarsen6314232sarsen
torse55833332torse_
torses64727952torses
torten65314352torten
warden104515512warden
warren95012852warren
woken124614972wo_ken
women104619252wo_men
wooden103610302wooden
woolen93111372woolen
worded114316622worded
wore77144672wor_e_
worked145314702worked
worker134715112worker
workmen1635932workmen
wormed124314302wormed
wormer114514912wormer
worn75631752wor__n
worsened1236052worsened
worsets105512842worsets
worst86330132wors_t
worsted1138012worsted
worsts96014332worsts
woven115215172wo_ven
wowser125110202wowser
wren78221682w_r_en

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 Filter178691825510.606294869.6
2DLD Change Limit82551546.05013644.8
3Display Results54540.0134153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691546.66926794.3
 
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