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

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

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
ragweed123507(None) 
ragweeds1342901ragweeds
agreed84712502_agreed
hogweed1534442hogweed
mayweed1634162mayweed
pigweed1465092pigweed
raged74829452rag__ed
ragee65432662rag_ee_
ragees74618662rag_ees
ragged94620262rag_ged
raggee84217602raggee_
raggees93710912raggees
razeed163710012ra_zeed
tarweed1137342tarweed
waxweed2132922waxweed

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671153.73628819.9
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691154.48639833.0