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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 “watchcry” 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.

42 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
watchcry214236(None) 
hatchery19326382hatchery
watcher153113402watcher_
watchers163511792watchers
witchery19236092witchery
archery15478063_archery
batcher144414853batcher_
batchers153613273batchers
bitchery18236563bitchery
botchery18366763botchery
butchery18326253butchery
catcher143115823catcher_
catchers153114053catchers
catchfly2143333catchfly
catchy16559583catch__y
cutchery18265173cutchery
hatcher153314723hatcher_
hatchers163113173hatchers
hatchway2243293hatchway
latchkey2042913latchkey
lathery133911123lat_hery
matcher143214283matcher_
matchers153012433matchers
patcher143515143patcher_
patchers153413303patchers
patchily1885813patchily
patchy16509573patch__y
watch135617063watch___
watchcase1942773watchcase
watchcries2042743watchcries
watchdog1842243watchdog
watched163012823watch_ed
watches153017373watch_es
watcheye19104273watcheye
watchful1943753watchful
watching173011173watching
watchman1844623watchman
watchmen1844753watchmen
watchout1647003watchout
watchword2143553watchword
watery123914493wat__ery
witchy17468593witch__y

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit146162428.00018270.3
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691428.29621539.4
 
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