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

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

19 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
dayflowers205241(None) 
dayflower1942541dayflower_
mayflowers2152471mayflowers
deflowers16145642d_eflowers
mayflower2042722mayflower_
safflowers1942802safflowers
beflowers17165823_beflowers
dayflies1534463dayfl_ie_s
dayglows1641953dayglow__s
deflower15126073d_eflower_
flowers133413173___flowers
foamflowers2252133foamflowers
hallowers15137723ha_llowers
reflowers15125983_reflowers
safflower1842993safflower_
starflowers1772373starflowers
sunflowers1683263sunflowers
wallflowers2052403wallflowers
wallowers15127653wa_llowers

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603197.01620040.3
3Display Results19190.0131461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691197.43524033.8