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

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

17 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
newsie913821(None) 
newbie11135411newbie
newie81813481new_ie
newsier10147221newsier
newsies101310381newsies
gawsie1038462gawsie
kewpie15465412kewpie
nellie63614812nellie
newbies12147422newbies
newies91014072new_ies
newish1237902newish
news76127372news__
newsiest11107482newsiest
newsmen1235892newsmen
newswire1442602newswire
newsy11489392news_y
nowise9511072nowise

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551172.83029170.0
3Display Results17170.0131307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691172.95360511.7