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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 “arrowed” 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.

31 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
arrowed114811(None) 
farrowed1545281farrowed
harrowed1556261harrowed
marrowed1445971marrowed
narrowed1235201narrowed
allowed111610082allowed
aproned10311502aproned
arbored103811602arbored
armored102610472armored
arrased8149862arrased
arrayed11117152arrayed
arrived11127352arrived
arrow83414882arrow__
arrowhead1641792arrowhead
arrows92813482arrow_s
arrowy12288272arrow_y
avowed1335962a_vowed
borrowed1465042borrowed
browed125216392_browed
burrowed1444442burrowed
carromed1338562carromed
crowed124717302_crowed
furrowed1563832furrowed
garroted1056782garroted
harrower1446362harrower
narrower1145062narrower
parroted1158842parroted
rowed94034322__rowed
sorrowed1264832sorrowed
strowed115312142strowed
trowed104714652_trowed

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671313.37631893.1
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691313.77947285.3
 
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