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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 “chigger” 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.

35 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
chigger143600(None) 
chiggers1535561chiggers
chugger1445371chugger
bigger104315062_bigger
changer134215542changer
charger133914062charger
chicer134513602chi_cer
chider125116052chi_der
chiefer1536862chiefer
chigoe1237532chigoe_
chigoes1338352chigoes
chiller124112182chiller
chimer135517202chi_mer
chipper163912582chipper
chirker16429322chirker
chirper14359962chirper
chitter124112962chitter
chugged1584822chugged
chuggers1554862chuggers
clinger103812152clinger
clogger11438802clogger
cringer103514242cringer
digger94616082_digger
higgler12369802_higgler
higher134610892_higher
hinger104723332_hinger
hogger114615082_hogger
hugger114713122_hugger
jigger155313052_jigger
nigger89713572_nigger
rigger85616712_rigger
snigger9328372snigger
swigger12338452swigger
trigger9329162trigger
whinger1410810912whinger

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 Filter1786911076710.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit107671354.48624001.6
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691354.95536062.8
 
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