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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 “eardrums” 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.

41 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
eardrums1152448(None) 
eardrum10135421eardrum_
eardrops1165302eardrops
alarums9408923_alarums
antrums969173_antrums
ardours8368883_ardours
arums75517833_a__rums
asarums9467613_asarums
aurums849383_a_urums
bariums1139153bar_iums
cardamums1642603cardamums
carroms11512403car_roms
dirdums1134383dird_ums
doldrums1243053doldrums
drums85415873___drums
earbuds1044633ear_buds
eardrop1065223eardr_op
earfuls1036863ear_fuls
earldoms1144223earldoms
earplugs1142243earplugs
earworms1346783earworms
erbiums1135463e_rbiums
estrums9208603e_strums
exordiums1942743exordiums
ferrums1265983fer_rums
humdrums1642703humdrums
labarums1254503labarums
labrums1175853la_brums
larrups934733lar_rups
larums83610533la__rums
marrams11310123mar_rams
radiums10299323ra_diums
sacrums11388043sa_crums
sardius839553sardiu_s
tantrums1045113tantrums
teardrops1263293teardrops
variorums1442613variorums
veratrums1443343veratrums
wardress12256163wardress
wardrooms1544183wardrooms
yardarms14123333yardarms

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162417.72018932.9
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691418.17221866.3
 
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