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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forlayers” 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.

15 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
layers9392118(None) 
flayers133912031flayers
hayers124415941hayers
lacers85225251lacers
laders74927761laders
lagers74826141lagers
lakers105225151lakers
lasers64925701lasers
lavers94526361lavers
lawyers13377151lawyers
layer84626471layer_
payers114621821payers
players124313761players
sayers94221591sayers
slayers104513321slayers

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 Filter178691487550.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit48755150.87655656.4
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691150.956186915.3