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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 “lawyer” 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.

72 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
lawyer1238697(None) 
lawyers13377151lawyers
layer84626471la_yer
sawyer12438041sawyer
bawler114315052bawler
bowyer14368922bowyer
clawer114512782claw_er
fawner125910462fawner
flawier13378732flawier
flayer124713562fla_yer
gawker14559352gawker
gawper12499692gawper
gayer94519192ga_yer
hawker164812662hawker
hawser125910842hawser
hayer114620242ha_yer
laager74312782laager
lacer75833752la_cer
lacier84020092lacier
lacker125325622lacker
ladder84617622ladder
lader65633722la_der
ladler74314932ladler
lager65132862la_ger
lagger85919832lagger
laker95432872la_ker
lakier104716272lakier
lamber104418492lamber
lamer75233702la_mer
lancer84319972lancer
lander74028482lander
lanker104123002lanker
lanner64920592lanner
lapper104319952lapper
lapser84113142lapser
larder73720972larder
larger74417512larger
larker104519242larker
laser54633322la_ser
lasher94824532lasher
laster64830632laster
later54843922la_ter
lather95124352lather
latter65027892latter
lauder73815012lauder
laveer94110422laveer
laver85031792la_ver
lawed96028322law_ed
lawmen11308592lawmen
lawyered1534032lawyered
lawyerly1742142lawyerly
laxer125420332la_xer
layed95127382la_yed
layers93921182la_yers
lazier154214612lazier
lewder10479612lewder
livyer12426292livyer
lower85830412low_er
pawer104422972paw_er
pawner114212922pawner
payer105125722pa_yer
player115215212pla_yer
rawer84623732raw_er
sawer85026212saw_er
sawyers13317532sawyers
sayer84926552sa_yer
slayer93916332sla_yer
swayer125210972swayer
tawer85223442taw_er
twyer11558522_twyer
yawner12428472yawner
yawper14437952yawper

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit82551722.58031996.5
3Display Results72720.0135538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691722.76364672.8
 
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