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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 “deepwater” 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.

26 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
deepwater154371(None) 
dewater112912422d_e_water
beefeater1443603beefeater
debater104114693d_e_bater
deemster1175713dee_mster
deepener1145183deep_ener
deeper93613503deep___er
defeater122611663d_efeater
deflater123211603d_eflater
dempster1355773demp_ster
depicter1356853d_epicter
depleter11298863d_epleter
deporter1169393d_eporter
depraver1435413d_epraver
desecrater1346983desecrater
desolater1038383desolater
dewaters122910723d_e_waters
dishwater1644903dishwater
eyewater1444243_eyewater
headwater1655033headwater
jerkwater2341633jerkwater
meltwater1443433meltwater
overwater1538073overwater
repeater102615443_repeater
seawater1136603_seawater
seedeater1045973seedeater

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641267.19020673.3
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.63923391.9
 
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