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

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

16 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
tarweed113734(None) 
tarweeds1244271tarweeds
burweed1347822burweed
mayweed1634162mayweed
ragweed1235072ragweed
tared69340052tar__ed
targeted1037482targeted
tarred74720282tar_red
tarried83914132tarried
tarted74923372tar_ted
tawed95926192ta_w_ed
tawsed10499742ta_wsed
trawled113411522trawled
treed65626732t_r_eed
tweed94915092t__weed
waxweed2132922waxweed

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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671166.86015695.5
3Display Results16160.0131230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691167.01325480.0