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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 “swaio” 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.

55 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
swail86217161swail
swain84919051swain
await85524492await
sago56332672s_ago
said55742112s_aid
sail45447162s_ail
sain45551292s_ain
shako125516092shako
slain54923572slain
snail57020202snail
spado83713702spado
spail74921552spail
spait75631602spait
staid66722082staid
staig65519642staig
stain55727942stain
stair54719942stair
swab96825312swa_b
swabs105817272swabs
swag87526732swa_g
swage94919562swage
swags94921252swags
swails94913122swails
swains94513952swains
swale85221592swale
swam96329982swa_m
swami105614522swami
swamis114212292swamis
swamp125015322swamp
swamy136714402swamy
swan76631312swa_n
swang95519722swang
swank125318232swank
swans84625012swans
swap95925432swa_p
swaps104819202swaps
sward94221462sward
sware85828212sware
swarf115324652swarf
swarm106218842swarm
swart86234642swart
swash116316752swash
swat77244442swa_t
swath115920382swath
swats85726862swats
sway107128232swa_y
sways115518462sways
swig85818022sw_ig
swim96221402sw_im
twain86313622twain
waif105836752_waif
wail75238822_wail
wain75840202_wain
wair75830052_wair
wait75553692_wait

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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800551.70031647.1
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691552.01688636.4
 
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