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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 “outhears” 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.

25 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
outhears1181039(None) 
outhear10910601outhear_
outheard1288541outheard
outwears1197261outwears
mouthers133811302mouthe_rs
others93918002o_the_rs
outbeams1236062outbeams
outcheats1445302outcheats
outearn7310682out_earn
outearns838402out_earns
outeats72215702out_eats
outers64230172out_e_rs
outleads9278762outleads
outleaps10237072outleaps
outlearn836432outlearn
outlearns944632outlearns
outreads9289002outreads
outroars838922outroars
outsoars838852outsoars
outswears1244302outswears
outwars10912792out_wars
outwear1097712outwear_
outweary1485392outweary
southers114214452southe_rs
wuthers133711522wuthe_rs

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 Filter1786911210590.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit121059257.15616917.1
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.96822426.1
 
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