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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcrowdie” 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.

16 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
crowdie133592(None) 
crowdies1437561crowdies
brownie12178432brownie
cowpie133511512c_owpie
cowrie113814282c_owrie
croppie13278802croppie
crowd115815622crowd__
crowded14418802crowded
crowder13389862crowder
crowding15247932crowding
crowds124910762crowd_s
crowdy15467172crowd_y
howdie13349732_howdie
roadie72813812_roadie
rowdier11348592_rowdier
rowdies113112692_rowdies

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671165.86018373.9
3Display Results16160.0161000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691166.24928595.1