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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbower” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
bower10732818(None) 
blower115316571blower
boner75133081boner
borer75131271borer
bowed114533421bowed
bowel105621201bowel
bowers115523701bowers
bowery146012111bowery
bowler114217311bowler
bowyer14368921bowyer
boxer145016521boxer
cower104531771cower
dower95027701dower
lower85830411lower
mower104523451mower
power105325951power
rower85430491rower
sower85229311sower
tower85729201tower
vower115220791vower

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit28756200.54652666.7
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691200.655272810.7