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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 “pshaws” 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.

32 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
pshaws1443570(None) 
pshaw13447511pshaw_
shaws116226261_shaws
bashaws15347712bashaws
cashaws15398572cashaws
chaws135022462_chaws
cushaws15356292cushaws
haws106439442__haws
papaws13419112papaws
pashas115117062pasha_s
paws96038182p__aws
pilaws11399432pilaws
pshawed16103032pshawed
psoas75012982psoa_s
saws75839482_s_aws
shads95124482_shads
shags95123862_shags
shahs115919512_shahs
shams105829412_shams
shaw108132552_shaw_
shawl116217572_shawl
shawls125411972_shawls
shawm135316152_shawm
shawms14579562_shawms
shawn116417612_shawn
shays116021432_shays
shews115924712_shews
shows115324582_shows
shwas116415102_shwas
slaws85222712_slaws
snaws86116362_snaws
thaws116515462_thaws

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551322.51632810.4
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691322.87262218.3
 
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