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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
hews10563157(None) 
chews135418511chews
dews86230601dews
haws106439441haws
hehs106723961hehs
hems95534941hems
hens75642571hens
hers75844871hers
hes66654201he_s
hets75547201hets
hew97642721hew_
hewn106719851hewn
hows106345601hows
jews145822081jews
mews96629331mews
news76127371news
pews95731531pews
sews75836021sews
shews115924711shews
tews76431641tews
thews117416191thews
whews145114491whews
yews105323961yews

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983230.25055932.0
3Display Results23230.0131769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691230.326548131.9