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

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

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
bestrowed158517(None) 
bestowed14156621best_owed
bestrewed1594191bestrewed
beshrewed1882732beshrewed
besnowed14124412bes_nowed
bestower13126212best_ower
bestrode1147142bestrode_
bestrow1237252bestrow__
bestrown1345202bestrow_n
bestrows1337042bestrow_s
destroyed1445082destroyed
escrowed1434652_escrowed
strowed115312142__strowed

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436133.64033361.5
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691134.03044340.2