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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 “demurs” 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.

38 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
demurs93977(None) 
demur8311161demur_
demure9311531demure
femurs1136711femurs
lemurs837251lemurs
damars93815002damars
deairs74013782deairs
dears65736882de_ars
debars94218042debars
debugs10467822debugs
debuts93911752debuts
decors94017772decors
decury1277962decury
deers64930522de_ers
defers105116942defers
degums10438622degums
demark134211022demark
demarks14339232demarks
demes86032692dem_es
demies94825802demies
demits94918072demits
demobs11429482demobs
demons94917722demons
demos86022992dem_os
demurer1037872demurer
demurest1137452demurest
denars74621432denars
deters74724682deters
detours858042detours
devours1166642devours
dewars105117072dewars
dimers94321092dimers
emirs76116162_emirs
emus66821682_emu_s
femur1038682femur_
lemur739772lemur_
lemures938792lemures
recurs83315802recurs

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551382.29635954.3
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.67266875.4
 
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