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

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

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
sweatband154207(None) 
sweatbands1651931sweatbands
hatband1346823__hatband
headband1544843_headband
saraband1146193sara_band
seastrand1043673s_eastrand
seatback1675823s_eatback
shetland1244633she_tland
sweatbox2041543sweatb_ox
sweated113411543sweat__ed
sweating123213023sweat_ing
sweatpants1551763sweatpants
sweptback2252333sweptback
weasand1135503_wea_sand
weazand2043613_wea_zand
wetland1135353_we_tland
wheatland1641953wheatland

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641177.51619776.6
3Display Results17170.0161062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691177.98522378.3