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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 “beworm” 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
beworm133999(None) 
beworms1437931beworms
deworm1249531deworm
bagworm1566352bagworm
before11410152before
berm86732752be__rm
besom95716972beso_m
beswarm1445782beswarm
bevor101510812bevor_
bevors111610342bevors
beware11313712beware
bewormed16235442bewormed
beworry1543742beworry
biform1368132biform
budworm1545272budworm
byword1535052byword
bywork1834862bywork
deform1259632deform
deworms1338032deworms
eelworm1245532eelworm
enorm74415642_enorm
reform11312722reform
rewarm115913492rewarm
reword106321412reword
rewore938030162rewore
rework136619792rework
reworn98122202reworn
tubeworm1544212tubeworm
webworm1744312webworm
worm96129492__worm

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551302.48633206.4
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691302.84262875.1
 
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