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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 “erewhile” 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.

30 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
erewhile147367(None) 
erewhiles1563171erewhiles
erectile1039512erectile
erstwhile1551172erstwhile
awhile1257793__awhile
enophile1348723enophile
erective13311833erective
eremite9312833ere_mite
erethic1257723erethi_c
erethism1345863erethism
errhine1036593er_rhine
eyehole1346003eye_hole
eyeshine1444543eyeshine
meanwhile1752063meanwhile
prechill1546193prechill
prefile123413183pre_file
prewire124311133prew_ire
rawhide14134973_rawhide
refile95122373_re_file
rehire95415863_re_hire
reptile93914083_reptile
reshine102816943_reshine
resile64627673_re_sile
retile65929673_re_tile
revile94921613_re_vile
rewire95421403_rew_ire
rewrite10311143_rewrite
trephine1338933trephine
while115418693___while
xerophile2146303xerophile

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162308.42317352.7
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.59520790.1
 
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