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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpaws” 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.

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
paws9603818(None) 
caws96036101caws
daws86638241daws
haws106439441haws
jaws145027291jaws
laws76441681laws
maws96437131maws
pacs85842181pacs
pads76742951pads
pals66951351pals
pams85641761pams
pans65855721pans
paps86443451paps
pars67560791pars
pas58775741pa_s
pass65239951pass
pats66460851pats
paw87651171paw_
pawl95123261pawl
pawls105617661pawls
pawn94625301pawn
pawns108818131pawns
pays95940221pays
pews95731531pews
pows95537661pows
raws75238211raws
saws75839481saws
taws75641591taws
vaws105527321vaws
waws106834901waws
yaws105531211yaws

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 Limit13983310.25055932.0
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691310.326548131.9