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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 “microwave” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

31 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
microwave194503(None) 
microwaved2154011microwaved
microwaves2045361microwaves
microwatt1647092microwatt
picowave18102792pic_owave
airwave1344433ai_r_wave
microbar1445893microba_r
microbars1546883microbars
microbe1338663micro__be
microcap1645583microca_p
microcode1647013microcode
microcyte1847983microcyte
microimage1754613microimage
micromere1547873micromere
micromole1547833micromole
micronize2248903micronize
microphage2056463microphage
micropore1579303micropore
micropyle1846263micropyle
microquake27123493microquake
microscale1646393microscale
microsome1549103microsome
microstate1448013microstate
microtome1548683microtome
microtone1349673microtone
microwatts1755043microwatts
microwavable2471953microwavable
microwaving2252953microwaving
mucronate1346233mucronate
picowaved20102223pic_owaved
picowaves19102893pic_owaves

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641316.70022185.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.16924925.5
 
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