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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 “shrieves” 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.

30 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
shrieves1429709(None) 
scrieves13387611scrieves
shrieve13417681shrieve_
shrieved15276071shrieved
shrives134416171shri_ves
grieves1137322_grieves
scrieve12448332scrieve_
scrieved14366202scrieved
scrives124414272scri_ves
sheeves133911952sh_eeves
shives124921412sh_i_ves
shrieked16265172shrieked
shrieker15265652shrieker
shriekers16224422shriekers
shrieks14377672shrie_ks
shrieval1443362shrieval
shrikes144412392shri_kes
shrines104618692shri_nes
shrive125216952shri_ve_
shrived144712182shri_ved
shrivel13479402shri_vel
shrivels14376442shrivels
shriven13379652shri_ven
shriver134712192shri_ver
shrivers14419102shrivers
sieves93216002s__ieves
slieves10378962s_lieves
strives104119372stri_ves
thieves1346902th_ieves
thrives134611712thri_ves

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121059303.26637066.4
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691303.42252218.3
 
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