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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 “leatherwood” 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.

40 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
leatherwood185272(None) 
leatherwoods1952451leatherwoods
fatherhood2053293_fatherhood
latewood1255683l_at_e_wood
leathered13148713leather__ed
weatherworn2052613weatherworn
bearwood1445404bea___rwood
brotherhood2061974brotherhood
eaglewood1452734_eagle_wood
fatherhoods2153034_fatherhoods
featherbed19174664feather_bed
feathered16188894feather__ed
featherhead2153064featherhead
heathered16149464heather__ed
lacewood1455254l_a_ce_wood
lancewood1552794l_ance_wood
latewoods1355204l_at_e_woods
lathered121512324l_ather__ed
leather103815784leather____
leatherback2252154leatherback
leatherette1452994leatherette
leathering1488684leather_ing
leatherleaf17262264leatherleaf
leatherlike1852844leatherlike
leathern11398914leather___n
leatherneck2051784leatherneck
leathers114215084leather___s
leathery14438974leather___y
motherhood1993044_motherhood
neatherd12107194neather___d
netherworld1861544ne_therworld
pearwood1444834pea___rwood
peckerwood2251704pe_ckerwood
scattergood1551634scattergood
southernwood1961144southernwood
weatherboard2152964weatherboard
weathercock2561824weathercock
weathered16168514weather__ed
weatherized2745174weatherized
weatherproof2362044weatherproof

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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819409.23616112.9
3Display Results40400.0301333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691409.68618448.4
 
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