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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 “drawlers” 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
drawlers1230731(None) 
brawlers13408641brawlers
crawlers13309011crawlers
drawers113610071draw_ers
drawler11338591drawler_
trawlers113310201trawlers
bawlers124412732_bawlers
brawler124310232brawler_
cradlers11309202cradlers
crawler123510462crawler_
dawdlers13375672d_awdlers
dealers84118612dea_lers
dialers83614302dia_lers
diallers957772diallers
drafters12338532drafters
draggers11357392draggers
drainers92811252drainers
drapers105313352dra_pers
drawbars1483102drawbars
drawees11378362draw_ees
drawer104711362draw_er_
drawled12368342drawle_d
drawlier12225252drawlier_
drawls105511392drawl__s
drillers9429722drillers
drowners12428272drowners
growlers12327092growlers
prawners1346002prawners
prowlers13328932prowlers
railers74420662_railers
scrawlers1434752scrawlers
sprawlers1433902sprawlers
trailers82912922trailers
trawler104011902trawler_
trawleys14284382trawleys

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059353.53034294.3
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.95245215.3
 
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