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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 “empery” 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.

31 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
empery134868(None) 
emery104814331em_ery
ambery133811132ambery
ampere10514412ampere
apery106517902_apery
dupery12378742dupery
eatery95316352eatery
eery76129622e__ery
ember95516802ember_
embers104116182embers
emeer74815362emeer_
emeers83314182emeers
emmer94314462emmer_
emmers104013222emmers
emperor1155482emperor
empire1039322empire
employ1346492employ
empty1247762emp_ty
every115215452e_very
expert15515352expert
expiry1834652expiry
japery18439142japery
mopery135210972mopery
napery11489812napery
papery134812742papery
peppery13286252peppery
popery134511702popery
ropery114313872ropery
temper103914092temper_
tempera11329042tempera
tempers113513012tempers

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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551312.51632810.4
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691312.90261575.1
 
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