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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forearthquakes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
earthquakes275147(None) 
earthquake2651491earthquake_
earthshaker2161253earthshaker
earthshakers2261043earthshakers
youthquakes305803youthquakes
antiquates1957464_antiquates
archdukes1942564_archdu_kes
earthenwares1861754earthenwares
earthlike1644624earth_like_
earthnuts1252944earthnu__ts
earthpeas1443384earthpea__s
earthrises1346824earth_rises
earthshines17122524earthshines
earthstars1352234earthsta_rs
earthwards1753134earth_wards
earthworks2043564earthwork_s
partakes1449924part___akes
seaquakes2282824sea___quakes
youthquake295764youthquake_

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819198.34317837.6
3Display Results19190.0161187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691198.78220347.4