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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 “flowcharts” 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.

36 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
flowcharts215130(None) 
flowchart2052581flowchart_
blowhards1843273blow_hards
clochards1743823clo_chards
flowcharting245843flowcharting
flowchartings256483flowchartings
plowshares1861973plowshares
blowhard1743734blow_har_d
charts115823094____charts
clochard1644294clo_char_d
dogcarts1243884_dogc_arts
flancards1543184flanc_ards
flashcards1951854flashcards
flatcars1344624flatc_ar_s
fletchers17335534fletcher_s
flinchers17295474flincher_s
floats96816254flo___a_ts
flocculants1851594flocculants
flowages1535734flow__ages
flowerages1743064flowerages
flowerers1544504flowerer_s
flowerets1544044flow_erets
flowerpots1851834flowerpots
flowers133413174flow__er_s
foreparts1445224f_oreparts
lochans1248834_lo_cha_ns
orchards1445914__orchards
oxcarts1634314__oxc_arts
plowshare1751784plowshar_e
pochards1646854_po_chards
recharts1337664__recharts
slouchers14185624sloucher_s
snowcats1343414snowc_a_ts
sowcars1236014_sowc_ar_s
trochars1377854tro_char_s
woodchats1842694woodcha_ts

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911614500.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit161450369.23617480.5
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691369.68818444.6
 
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