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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpawn” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

16 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
pawn9462530(None) 
awn68035911_awn
dawn85624201dawn
fawn105321951fawn
lawn75925631lawn
mawn94424131mawn
pain65647241pain
pan58466441pa_n
paw87651171paw_
pawl95123261pawl
pawns108818131pawns
paws96038181paws
prawn105312431prawn
sawn75428161sawn
spawn107811711spawn
yawn106219091yawn

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983160.32642892.6
3Display Results16160.0161000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691160.405441212.3