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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 “refresher” 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.

43 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
refresher1510465(None) 
refreshed1685611refreshed
refreshen1585161refreshen
refreshers16103671refreshers
refreshes1595951refreshes
fresher132612642__fresher
redresser1056792redresser
refresh1335452refresh__
refreshens16113992refreshens
represser1168952represser
defroster1343893defroster
flesher133610923__flesher
freshed143312593__freshed
freshen133010883__freshen
freshes133515823__freshes
freshet133416643__freshet
redressed1137773redressed
redressers1145103redressers
redresses10410293redresses
redressor1064223redressor
referrer11136053ref_errer
refinisher1643373refinisher
reforested1445383reforested
refrainer1245843refrainer
refreeze2063263refreeze_
refreezes2153443refreezes
refreshened1852463refreshened
refreshing1746063refreshing
refreshment1954063refreshment
refurbisher19132123refurbisher
refuser104912783ref_us_er
regressed1138113regressed
regresses10310463regresses
regressor1064613regressor
regretter1045973regretter
repressed12610103repressed
repressers1256883repressers
represses11412143represses
repressor1166343repressor
requester1855513requester
retreater9310203retreater
reverser113010483revers_er
thresher1455823_thresher

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641437.43619989.4
3Display Results43430.0301433.3
 (SQL Overall)178691437.88922650.7
 
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