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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 “observer” 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.

68 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
observer134473(None) 
observe1245331observe_
observed1444381observed
observers1443971observers
observes1346171observes
conserver1448722conserver
deserver12118382deserver
reserver11119632reserver
server94917712__server
absenter1086773absenter
absolver1343693absolver
absorber1254313absorber
absurder11134363absurder
asserter877573asserter
beaver114819253_b_eaver
beerier93613033_beerier
conserve1339933conserve_
conserved1538853conserved
conservers1547683conservers
conserves14311193conserves
deserter91211603deserter
deserve11108703deserve_
deserved13108133deserved
deservers13107293deservers
deserves12109893deserves
inserter82312133inserter
lobsterer1144033lobster_er
obeyer1135893ob_e_yer
obscener1244323obscener
obscurer1243523obscurer
observant1444463observant
observing1544393observing
obsessed1144273obsessed
obsesses1036223obsesses
obsessor1043033obsessor
obverse1234753obverse_
obverses1335803obverses
obverted1435103obverted
offerer1335543offer_er
onerier7311613o_nerier
orderer8127943order_er
ornerier846043ornerier
outserve11157203outserve_
outserved13136463outserved
outserves12147373outserves
oysterer1136103oyster_er
preserver14127013preserver
reobserve1442473reobserve_
reobserved1642403reobserved
reobserves1542633reobserves
reserve101011203reserve_
reserved121010583reserved
reservers12138103reservers
reserves111011983reserves
serer55935513__ser_er
serger73819743__serger
serve85425963__serve_
served104616813__served
servers103214833__servers
serves94423653__serves
sever85426053__se_ver
soberer93110353sob_er_er
subserve1346473subserve_
subserved1545143subserved
subserves1447183subserves
swerver1365733_swerver
unobserved1642433unobserved
unserved12410233unserved

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162686.86021306.4
3Display Results68680.0332060.6
 (SQL Overall)178691687.32924381.4
 
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